Probably Unanswerable Questions
The questions focus on the ending, Charlie’s response to blackmail, the racial implications of recasting him, and the colonel’s finances.
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- The movie is said to have a clear answer to whether it should end after the teacher flirtation: yes.
- Charlie could have reported the headmaster’s blackmail to the disciplinary board.
- Another proposed strategy is to admit seeing three students from far away without claiming to recognize them.
- Casting Charlie as Black in 1992 is debated as more interesting but likely to make the colonel harder to redeem.
- The panel asks how much of the colonel's savings the extravagant weekend consumed.