“We saw them filming in the parking lot,” said Bass, now a college student.
Bass was on his way to a school rehearsal when he spotted the film crew and a large group of young women in colorful bikinis in the front parking lot of Alexander Hamilton High School in the Beverlywood neighborhood of LA.
“We were told it was a commercial,” he said with a smirk. “Definitely turned out not to be a commercial.”
Turns out the shoot was for a film titled “Revenge of the Petites” a porn spoof of the classic film “Revenge of the Nerds” something LAUSD would have known by looking at the film permit it approved.
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in July, 2020.
If you want to come to grips with the way race, injustice and real estate intertwine in America today, a good place to start is on Corning Street, a few hundred feet away from the 10 Freeway on the edge of the Westside of Los Angeles.
Corning Street looks and feels like it hasn’t changed since the 1950s. Boxy apartment buildings with names like Desert Sands. Humble Spanish-style bungalows with stained-glass bay windows. An alley behind them claimed as a pedestrian thoroughfare by working moms. A tamale cart, competing fruit stands, and an omnipresent produce truck that jingles “La Cucaracha” as it rounds the corner.
By Sabrina Conte
Jan 12, 2021
T.C. Williams High School, the only public high school in Alexandria is getting a new name. The public school system has opened up a poll to the public to narrow down one of the 50 submissions that students put in over the past few weeks. One of which, is Meghan Markle High School. Other names include Titan Collegiate , Alexander Hamilton High School, and even Anime High . The voting is now open to the public. Place your vote! It s due by January 27th. I voted for Titan Community High School. Of course, T.C. Williams is the school in the movie Remember the Titans