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Damien Chazelle’s movie Whiplash is the perfect representation of what a toxic student/teacher relationship can be. J.K. Simmons portrayal of Terence Fletcher will forever be one of the most terrifying and chilling representations of the mental stress a teacher can put on a student. Terence Fletcher is a manipulative and sociopathic teacher at a top music school, using his tactics to bend the will of his students into what he believes is greatness. Whiplash would not hold the weight it does without Terence Fletcher’s insanity on screen.
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Written by Chris Teregis
Edited by Dan Smiley
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What other iconic villains should we cover?
Answer is pretty simple really. Jk Simmons.
Wait what i didnt know he was a villain 😅
Funny because i though he was some type of jigsaw killer before i watched this video, from other hints from other youtubers and thumbnails
fletcher isn’t a villain he’s a hero
God I loved Simmons in this role. I need to watch this movie again
Is even more terrifying is that the movie portrays him as a veteran, someone worth impressing and yes there are musicians in real life who said that the script is flawed when it comes down to the music side
The paradox is that this method has created the best of the best in the art ..WHy is it.
I had a supervisor like this when i was a commerial diver, dude was a fcking devil but everyone knew what their job was, place was a circus after he left
The funny part is the German title of this movie is “Perfectly Normal Music Teacher” translated into English
whatever the endinng performance is perfect
Fuck people with BPD man I can’t name a single person I met with it who haven’t acted like this and aren’t a monster to everyone around them
Its andrew ‘neigh’-man. ‘Knee’-man was one of fletchers manipulation tactics
terrance fletcher is correct but y’all ain’t ready for that conversation
sounds like Fletcher would've made a great drill sergent
I liked the part where Fletcher said “we need to whiplash!” And then Neiman whiplashed all over the place
The scariest part of Fletcher is his bald head. Its always the bald ones.
I suggest not playing Portal 2 before watching this film to take it seriously
As a former Music instructor I can tell you this is a good review. Further, it happens. I've seen it. I've probably done it although not nearly to that extreme. Good review. It IS scary.
You know, the sad thing is that he's actually perfectly on time during that set, fletcher did the same thig he did to the out of tune guy
What makes fletcher interesting to me is that he is both a great teacher and a dreadful teacher. Great in that he pushes hard and doesn’t let anything slide, but dreadful in that he teaches through fear, abuse, and psychological manipulation. It could be argued that fear is a way to motivate those who do not have the internal motivation for whatever they are learning, that’s how I was taught in school, but it’s awful – it genuinely will break people. If you inspire the internal desire to do better, the student will learn better – but if they are motivated purely through fear, they won’t function. That’s where Fletcher shows himself as an awful teacher – Teller was already intensely focussed on his learning and practice, deeply motivated – but teller instilled fear into him. My takeaway from the film is that Teller achieved what he wanted IN SPITE of the fear, not because of it. But to fletcher it was the fear that worked.
What I learned about training in solitude is that the sacrifice to endure pain for further growth has to be voluntary. The reason I find "tough love" detrimental, aside from just how demeaning it is, is that it heightens the feelings of anxiety, fear, inadequacy, shame and despair, particularly if you are being ridiculed in front of others.
A good leader/coach/custodian will try to understand their student's strengths and weaknesses, and will not need to rely on malicious negativity to help them achieve their potential.
He's got a submissive band ? 😂
This essay is soooo liberal that I'd be convinced this guy got early access to chatgpt
Fletchers not a villain
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