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- Born in war-torn Eritrea and adopted in the United States by a progressive White family, Luce Edgar is an all-star high school athlete and accomplished public speaker who is adored by other students and his adoptive parents, Peter and Amy.
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Aug 1, 2019 · The title character of “Luce” is introduced as a star student and first-rate apple polisher. Speaking to a school auditorium, he lavishes praise on parents and teachers, who surely love to ...
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When asked about his teacher, Luce accuses Harriet of harmfully singling out students, such as using Stephanie Kim, a Korean-American classmate rumored to have been sexually abused, as an example of a victim suffering in silence.
Aug 2, 2019 · When Luce’s history teacher Harriet Wilson (Octavia Spencer) makes what she believes is a shocking discovery about her student, Luce’s exceptional reputation is called into question. That...
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Dec 9, 2023 · Luce has a distinct dislike for the teacher due to her tokenizing tendencies, where she often treats minority students as symbols and political statements. As an example, Luce puts forward Stephanie Kim’s case, who has become Harriet’s poster girl for topics of women’s suffering because of some unprovable rumors about her.
Aug 2, 2019 · In addition to looking old enough to be a teacher, Luce is the school’s star pupil, excelling in both sports and academia. He is the proud son of Amy and Peter Edgar ( Naomi Watts and Tim Roth , respectively), two White parents who pulled him from a war-torn African country where he was conscripted to be a child soldier.
Aug 2, 2019 · No one understands this better than Luce's history teacher, Harriet Wilson, played by a steely and authoritative Octavia Spencer. She's tough on her students, especially her black students, and...
Aug 10, 2019 · So when Luce's teacher, Harriet Wilson, reads an essay of his that she finds disturbingly tolerant of violence, she decides to search Luce's locker, and when she searches the locker, she finds...
