Visible crew/equipment: There is a man's elbow on the right of the screen near the start when only Jamie and Hal are in the room. (00:02:49)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
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Starring: Bryan Cranston, Frankie Muniz, Erik Per Sullivan, Jane Kaczmarek, Justin Berfield
Genres: Comedy
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1/10. The only reason this gets a one is because I felt generous. This show was nothing more than a further indictment of the white working middle class. Hal's a sissy mary, bossed around by his wife and over run by his sons. Lois is a loud mouthed shrew with a mean disposition and a martyr complex, like my mother. Francis is a slacker with no ambition in life with a clueless wife who looks like she married him to immigrate legally here. Reese is a moron hell bent on staying on the lower end of the spectrum with an apparent desire for chaos. Dewey's a hyper active brat with no need to be there other than as the youngest. The worst character though is Malcolm. Man, when does he ever display any signs of being a genius? So what if he can remember a lot of complicated things and do things more advanced above his age range? He hardly seems to show and use good judgement. I also hated how they had his friend Stevie represent four groups:black, nerd, wheelchair bound, and asthmatic. This show, in general, kept alive the idea that the family is nothing more than a big joke.
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Opening theme song: Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now, You're not the boss of me now, You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big. You're not the boss of me now, You're not the boss of me now, You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big. Life is unfair.
Trivia: Even though he plays Reese's younger brother, Frankie Muniz is actually about three months older than Justin Berfield.
Question: This question could be for many American TV shows not just this one, but are American schools so strict about cheating on one single test? Because here in Europe if you are caught cheating you will most of the time get an "F" for that test, plus "official warning", and you need like 3 or 4 warnings like that to be Kicked Out of school. But, I saw on many American TV shows situations when a character cheated once and he was like "they are gonna kick me from school" (one example, Family Matters when Steve helped Edward during the test and he was almost expelled).
Answer: They used to do this. Cheating was a violation of the honor code and you would get a mandatory suspension. American schools vary a ton from place to place. During the late 90s and early 2000s they were incredibly strict about a lot of things. The rules have changed because of a lot of scandals in the troubled teen industry. After the school shootings in the early 90s there was a huge moral panic about schools not being strict enough and millennials like the kids in this show paid for it.
Chosen answer: I work in a student conduct office. Students are not expelled after one academic misconduct incident (there are rare exceptions in higher academia). A first time offense usually results in a "0" grade on the test or assignment in addition to a sanction of a warning or probation. Repeated offenses can lead to being suspended for a period of time and even permanently dismissed. Students often cheat or commit plagiarism because they are struggling in school. The goal is to help students get the help and resources they need. Students who are caught committing a misconduct often tend to panic and believe the worst will happen to them. TV shows tend to exaggerate the circumstances for dramatic or comedic effect.
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