![]() However, different lines of the poem are read this time around. If you remember the standout poem ("our deepest fear.") recited in COACH CARTER, you might feel that "Akeelah" twice makes trite use of it. I forget all about it though when I reflect on the emotional montages that center around Akeelah, her family and the people of her community. ![]() ![]() From a more objective standpoint, I felt that many of the scene cuts/transitions in "Akeelah" weren't too clean. Villarreal) - you'll know the scene when you see it. The most hilarious part of the film, IMO, involves the loyalty of Akeelah's friend Javier (J.R. Many of the jokes are in the things that aren't said but seen (watch the father of Akeelah's major opponent). Apart from the dramatic mood of "Akeelah," there's an excellent amount of comedy. Larabee (Fishburne), lack of time and attention from Akeelah's overworked mother (Bassett), a teetering relationship between Akeelah and her best friend Georgia (Sahara Garey), and the problems of one of Akeelah's brothers who spends his time out late on the streets of South Central. Several strong subplots come about in the first half of "Akeelah." They deal with the painful past of Dr. Keke Palmer, she is definitely on the rise. ![]() Fishburne looks spectacular with Angela Bassett who knows all the right expressions and vocal tones to have the powerful realism she does in her role as a fearful parent in South Central. As a mentor to Akeelah, Laurence Fishburne continuously reminded me of his nurturing position in BOYZ N THE HOOD - I thought of FINDING FORRESTER and THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE as well. The emotional weight, story-telling approach and female perspective in "Akeelah" is much like that of POETIC JUSTICE (also set in South Central, LA). I sat in the theater dabbing tears from eyes throughout the showing. These are some of the hardest spelling bee wordsĮver munched on a pissaladière? Come across ‘a’ali’i in the wild?Ī 2019 analysis by Babbel and Merriam-Webster examined 10 years of words that stumped bee contestants in the final rounds, and perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them are borrowed from other languages.I went to an advance screening and found "Akeelah" to be so much more than I expected. The finals will also re-air on Scripps News on June 2 at 9 p.m. You can enter in your zip code on the Scripps website to find out where to watch in your area. Scripps Company, can be watched for free over the air, and are also available through most cable, satellite and streaming platforms. ION and Bounce, which both are owned by the E.W. (The semifinals air the night before at the same time on ION and Bounce.) The National Spelling Bee finals air live on Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. This year’s winner will go home with a $50,000 cash prize, the official championship trophy and a number of other perks. Last year’s champion Harini Logan clinched her victory after a spell-off – a first for the National Spelling Bee. If no champion results from the final rounds, the bee will proceed to a spell-off in which the contestant who can spell the most words correctly in 90 seconds will win. Remember the record-breaking, eight-way tie in the 2019 bee? That’s unlikely to happen this time around. The second round in each leg of the competition will focus on word meaning, a component introduced in 2021 that requires contestants to select the correct definition of a word from a multiple choice list. There are four stages of the competition: The preliminary rounds take place on Tuesday, followed by the quarterfinals and semifinals on Wednesday and ultimately, the finals on Thursday.Īs in recent years, this year’s bee features a few extra challenges for spellers. More than 180 are national spelling bee first-timers, and 49 are returning contestants. Scripps Company, the organization that operates the bee. There are spellers from all 50 US states, and 11 students from the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Ghana, the US Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, according to the E.W. The 231 elementary and middle school students in the national spelling bee this year are as young as 9 and as old as 14. The bee contestants have spent months, if not years, studying word lists, memorizing Greek and Latin roots and sharpening their skills in smaller bees to reach what Merriam-Webster calls “ the Olympics of language.” Read on for more on how to cheer on these talented spellers (and for a test of your own spelling skills). Spellers will face off in the two-day event that culminates in the finals on Thursday. The 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off on Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland, with 231 students from around the country and other parts of the world competing in the preliminary rounds. Some of the nation’s brightest young minds are putting their knowledge of the English language to the test at the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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