By Heath West
Apr 21, 2021
“School Of Rock” is still a hit nearly 18 years after its release. The Twitterverse is applauding Jack Black’s body positivity rant from the 2003 movie, just in time for its Netflix premiere on May 1st.
In the heartwarming scene, Black’s character Dewey Finn comforts his student Tamika (played by Maryam Hassan) struggling with stage fright over insecurities about her weight. He tells her she has “something everyone wants,” an “incredible singing voice,” reminding her that Aretha Franklin is a music legend regardless of her size.
The Twitterverse can’t get enough of the scene – especially that part where he says he’s not on a diet because, “I like to eat, is that such a crime?” “This scene is more revolutionary than I think they even knew and it really stuck with me as a child,” writes one Twitter user. “Especially the last line.”
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Jack Black’s beloved character from “School of Rock” is still imparting poignant life lessons nearly 20 years after the movie premiered.
A heartwarming sequence from the 2003 musical comedy has resurfaced on social media this week after writer and animator Hamish Steele shared on Twitter why it “stuck with him as a child.”
In the brief clip, wannabe rock star-turned-elementary school teacher Dewey Finn (Black) gives one of his students, Tomika (Maryam Hassan), an inspiring backstage pep talk about body positivity.
“This scene is more revolutionary than I think they even knew,” Steele wrote in a tweet that has amassed more than 447,000 likes and counting. “Especially the last line.”
Published April 21, 2021
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Throughout the course of the 2000s, no movie reigned supreme, or had so much of a creative influence on kids, as
School Of Rock. I put it to you that the 2003
Jack Black film was the best film of the 00s, and still stands strong today, some 18 years later.