![]() ![]() Chuckie spells it as "gravel", making the teacher correct him it was "g-r-o-v-l". Artistic License Linguistics: During the local spelling bee at Akeelah's middle school, the first word to spell is "grovel".Also, it's not entirely his fault, his father is forcing him to outperform all the other students. Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Dylans attitude towards the other students who have participated in the spelling bee comes off as this.This film provides e-x-e-m-p-l-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s of: After barely scraping by the district bee (advancing to the next round only because her older sister sees a parent in the audience mouthing the answer to her son), Larabee begins intense practice, having her not only memorize words at a blinding pace, but also having her become familiar with etymology and the ways that words are constructed. Hesitant at first, Akeelah shrugs off his help, fearing that performing well will isolate her and label her as a "brainiac", but her love of words can't be denied, and so she agrees to compete. Larabee (Fishburne), an English professor, sees her potential and begins to coach her for the more advanced Regional Spelling Bee. She's entered into her school spelling bee in order to avoid detention for missing school, and she easily wipes the floor with the competition, almost bored out of her mind by the ease and simplicity of the words. Principal Welch wants her to enter the spelling bee and work her way up to the Scripps National Bee because their school's funding was severely cut due to low test scores, leaving the school in squalid conditions. She's quite intelligent, but performs poorly in school due to the work being boring and unchallenging. A 2006 academic drama film staring Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, and it just might be the only Spelling Bee drama out there.Īkeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is a middle school-aged black girl from South Los Angeles, trying to cope with her father's death and her stifling environment. ![]()
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