# Let's talk about THE HISTORY BOYS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-history-boys/437924 "2008-02-16T22:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-history-boys/437924/21 "2008-02-17T23:23:15Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] It’s got nowt to do with Hector being attracted to men. It would be equally offensive to me if he was going after female students. The power differential between the adult responsible for evaluating the academic efforts of students and a pupil is such that I consider it way out of bounds. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I get that. I still say that’s a matter of cultural context. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-history-boys/437924/22 "2008-02-18T20:38:33Z")
I just watched the film on HBO on Demand last night. It seemed a bit overly theatrical - yes, I know it was based on a play, but still. The banter was a bit beyond belief for a group of kids that age, even if they were considered intelligent and above average. Just found it a bit hard to believe that a group of boys that age would be like that - even back in the 1980’s. However, I was glad to discover that I am not crazy and that [Frances de la Tour](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38913000/jpg/_38913355_dance_death150.jpg) really does look like [Allison Janney](http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bolender/GGMiramaxParty/Janney.jpg) with bad make up. And to think I watched a recent Harry Potter film and thought they did a great job of make up on Allison. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-history-boys/437924/23 "2008-02-18T23:06:38Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] However, I was glad to discover that I am not crazy and that [Frances de la Tour](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38913000/jpg/_38913355_dance_death150.jpg) really does look like [Allison Janney](http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bolender/GGMiramaxParty/Janney.jpg) with bad make up. [/QUOTE] I was thinking Lily Tomlin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-history-boys/437924.md?page=1)