Pipeline:
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The script deals with the school to prison pipeline, a “national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems,” according to the ACLU.
Language:
- The words “fuck,” “shit,” “asshole,” “bullshit,” “goddamn,” “ass,” “bastard,” “hell,” “damn,” “bitch,” “whore,” “sex,” “granny panties,” “pussy,” and “nigga” are used in the script
- The phrase “grab it by the balls” is scripted
Sexual Innuendo:
- Phrases: “seeking intimacy,” “Laying that pimp game,” “Having sex”
- Reference to pimping
Drugs & Alcohol:
- Mention of cigarettes, weed, cocaine, crystal meth, Ritalin, wine, gin
Violence:
- Threats of cutting a woman’s face, a character getting socked in the eye, choking a man out
- Phrases: “Three licks to his backside,” “Bust their heads wide open,” “drop grenades”
- A character mentions slitting their wrists
- Reference to student attacking teacher, teacher hitting student with broom, student banging another student’s head on the floor, pounding face into ground
- Mentions of killing, dying, and gang violence
- Men in handcuffs are scripted
Mature Content:
- The script references teen pregnancy, child support, and single mothers
- Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are mentioned
- Phrases: “Jackin’ cars,” “False God”