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High School Big Shot

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High School Big Shot	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })High School Big Shot is a 1959 teen crime drama film written and directed by Joel Rapp.The story centers around a high school senior named Marvin Grant (Tom Pittman). Although his father's an alcoholic "between jobs" and he has to work as a shipping clerk after school to feed both of them, he's doing well in his classes, and he's on track to get a college scholarship. Of course, jocks like Vince (Howard Veit) bully him for making them look stupid... but Vince's girlfriend Betty (Virginia Aldridge) tells him to back off, and even starts showing interest in Marv. Somehow, the future is starting to look fairly good for Marv, all things considered...What's that, Betty? You want Marv to write a report on Shakespeare for you so you don't fail English? Sure! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!The next thing Marv knows, his teacher scuttles any hope of that scholarship after catching their scheme, Betty "lets him down easily", his dad's lost another job, and the only ray of hope he has is the million dollars of drug money that he accidentally overheard his boss plan to leave in the warehouse safe overnight prior to a deal with The Syndicate. Surely if he had that money, he could take care of his dad, pay his own way to college, and Betty would like him again! And the brother of the neighborhood liquor store owner's a safecracker...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })And Marv puts together plans for a Caper. It doesn't work out, as you can guess in movies like this.For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please go to the episode recap page.
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High School Big Shot / int_21d70919	comment	Crapsack World: For Marv it is. He tries to help Betty, and it leads to a domino effect of from bad to worse. The overall narrative is pretty bleak and cynical. Consider: There is only one major female character (not counting the landlady walk-on), and she is a shameless and unrepentant Gold Digger; in addition, there are two off-screen females (the liquor store owner's wife and Dad's would-be fiancee), and both are implied to have the same attitude. Meanwhile, the men (Marv, his dad, Vince and the liquor store proprietor) are all pretty much defined by their eagerness to provide said women with whatever they want, without question — or, in Dad's case, by his distinct lack of ability to do so (his fiancee rejects him specifically because, not that he doesn't have a job or means of support, but that he doesn't have money).
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High School Big Shot / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Mr. Grant. He turns to the bottle as a coping mechanism when things aren't going his way, costing him more than one job in the past.
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High School Big Shot / int_f6b2bfb7	comment	The overall narrative is pretty bleak and cynical. Consider: There is only one major female character (not counting the landlady walk-on), and she is a shameless and unrepentant Gold Digger; in addition, there are two off-screen females (the liquor store owner's wife and Dad's would-be fiancee), and both are implied to have the same attitude. Meanwhile, the men (Marv, his dad, Vince and the liquor store proprietor) are all pretty much defined by their eagerness to provide said women with whatever they want, without question — or, in Dad's case, by his distinct lack of ability to do so (his fiancee rejects him specifically because, not that he doesn't have a job or means of support, but that he doesn't have money).
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