![]() Nothing really new, just a light reading that comes a guilty pleasure for me. I kind of think that she's playing her part as a queen bee perfectly. Oh, and of course, my favourite character is Carla Santini. Somehow, I can't stand Lola telling lies just to make her life more dramatic. But it's Lola! So she and Ella made the journey to NYC, to find a way to go the concert, and meet Stu, ad having fun at the party they're not invited to. Being a drama queen, Lola can't stop herself to tell people (in front of Carla, of course) that she was also got the ticket, and would attend the party as well. Carla with no effort got the ticket to the concert, and the invitation to the party. But the real drama was when a famous band decided to have a final concert and a farewell party after the concert. That made Lola officially the enemy of Carla, which mean Lola was the public enemy in the school. ![]() Out of people's prediction, it was Lola who got the part. There was a competition between Lola and Carla to have play the main part in a school play. ![]() While Lola being dramatic, Carla Santini (the antagonist in the story) is the popular kind of girl. For example, instead of telling the truth to Ella (her best, and seems to be her only) friend about her parents being separated, Lola told Ella that her father died in a romantic cause. And thinking that ordinary life is not for her, she creates drama of her own life. So the girl in this book is actually named Mary Elizabeth, but she preferred to be called (and asked everyone to call her) as Lola. And that's why I was interested to read this book. Parents may be more willing to put up with the movie's logical loopholes than its casual treatment of behavior they would not want their children to imitate.My friends say that I'm such a drama queen. Kids will enjoy identifying with her as she tries to both fit in and be different, and as she tries to follow her dreams while coping with New Jersey and other obstacles. The best part of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN is Lohan. She learns some lessons and faces some consequences, but parents will want to talk to kids who see this movie about how they see her choices. She almost lets down the "Eliza Rocks!" cast and audience by refusing to appear. She lies to her mother and tries to sneak into a concert and a rock star's party. She tells her best friend a terrible lie about her father "to seem more interesting." She gets another friend to help her steal a costume so she can wear it to a party. Lola sometimes resorts to more than drama, including some real misbehavior that the movie does not take very seriously. Just relax and keep in mind that you were a kid at one time. If you keep drumming good values into your kids' heads (Churchgoing or non-church going) you are still doing a terrfic job either way. They are smarter than you think thanks to some of the commercials against smoking, drinking, and drug abuse. The good thing was that he listened (I always thought the kids were smarter than adults give them credit for. At least Lola had the common sense and the guts to tell her idol that he was an alocholic (I was so proud of her. Otherwise, they dressed like normal teenagers.The rock star that Lola idolized was the only person in the movie that drank. At least, they didn't dance around like Britney Spears does in her videos and her concerts, or touching their private parts like Michael Jackson (I would have screamed bloody murder.)Maybe the outfits that Lola and her friend wore going to the concert were a little skimpy as well. The only skimpy thing that I could recall was the kids were doing the final scene of the play. ![]() Also, Lola's and her friend's parents did the right thing by gorunding the girls. We all make mistakes but we need to learn from them and try to make a positive out of a negative. ![]() Parents, do you remember your own experiences when you were kids? Did you learn something from them? Lola did fib about her dad being dead but she did realize later that she was wrong. Kids want to fit in especially when they are the new person in school. Kids do daydream (We adults did it as kids and we were probably drama queens and kings as well.). The movie gives a little bit of insight as to what kids might encounter in junior or senior high school, although not as dramatic as the movie. There are very few movies for kids, especially for preteens. I viewed the movie as a kid at heart as well as a parent. It made me laugh, epecially when Lola was daydreaming that she was Marilyn Monroe. ![]()
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