Where the film landed for you

You kept the film in the middle

You placed your cards - and placed them near the centre.

This is where Kitty Farmer wanted Ling Ling to go, and it is where most of the class would have put her: an X somewhere in the middle, exercise complete. The line lets you do that. It just cannot say what the middle means - which was Donnie’s point, made with a slider instead of a speech.

In the film: The rest of the class: an X in the middle, card handed in, no trip to the principal.

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Your cards against the page’s reading

The seven cards, as the Fear–Love line places them. Take the cards to see your own placements drawn beneath.

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  1. 1 Ling Ling finds a wallet Page: Not that simple
  2. 2 Donnie floods the school Page: toward Fear
  3. 3 "I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!" Page: Fear
  4. 4 "I think you’re the fucking Antichrist." Page: toward Love
  5. 5 "They’re placebos." Page: toward Love
  6. 6 "One day everything’s going to be better for you." Page: toward Love
  7. 7 Donnie stays in bed Page: Not that simple

The comparison names moments from the ending.

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