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* FridgeHorror: Jean appears to have a ReplacementGoldfish in another young girl called Clara who she mistakenly calls Jenny at one point. She favors Jenny because the girl reminds her of herself, and that's why she chose her to be groomed for the affair with Teddy. Say ''that'' didn't work, what's to stop her from grooming Clara to do the same? Except Clara is significantly younger, and one at least gets the impression that Jean's idea to groom Jenny came when the girl was a little older. If she starts grooming Clara from the age she is already...shudder...[[spoiler: though thankfully not an issue due to Sandy]].
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* FridgeHorror: Jean appears to have a ReplacementGoldfish in another young girl called Clara who she mistakenly calls Jenny at one point. She favors Jenny because the girl reminds her of herself, and that's why she chose her to be groomed for the affair with Teddy. Say ''that'' didn't work, what's to stop her from grooming Clara to do the same? Except Clara is significantly younger, and one at least gets the impression that Jean's idea to groom Jenny came when the girl was a little older. If she starts grooming Clara from the age she is already...shudder...[[spoiler: though thankfully not an issue due to Sandy]].
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* AwardSnub: Although Maggie Smith received an Oscar for her role as Jean, the only nomination Pamela Franklin got was a BAFTA - which she lost to her co-star Celia Johnson. The only other award she was up for was for the National Board of Review.
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* AwardSnub: Although Maggie Smith Dame Creator/MaggieSmith received an Oscar for her role as Jean, the only nomination Pamela Franklin got was a BAFTA - which she lost to her co-star Celia Johnson. The only other award she was up for was for the National Board of Review.
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** It would appear that the English actress Pamela Franklin is [[OohMeAccentsSlipping struggling with the Scottish accent]] in a few scenes. However in the book, Sandy has an English parent and there is repeated mention of her pronouncing words with "English vowels" -- suggesting this to be a deliberate choice from the actress.
** The final chapter has Sandy discovering that there are many Fascists even among Roman Catholic nuns (in 1938), informing the reader that Miss Brodie's Fascist leanings were not considered as eccentric as they would be after the war.
** It would appear that the English actress Pamela Franklin is [[OohMeAccentsSlipping struggling with the Scottish accent]] in a few scenes. However in the book, Sandy has an English parent and there is repeated mention of her pronouncing words with "English vowels" -- suggesting this to be a deliberate choice from the actress.
** The final chapter has Sandy discovering that there are many Fascists even among Roman Catholic nuns (in 1938), informing the reader that Miss Brodie's Fascist leanings were not considered as eccentric as they would be after the war.
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** When Mary [=McGregor=] accidentally walks in on Teddy and Jean kissing, Jean furiously screams at her about what happened to 'Peeping Tom'. Mary flees in terror. Teddy meanwhile quips [[ActuallyPrettyFunny "poor old Tom."]]
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** When Mary [=McGregor=] accidentally walks in on Teddy and Jean kissing, Jean furiously screams at her about what happened to 'Peeping Tom'. Mary flees in terror. Teddy meanwhile quips [[ActuallyPrettyFunny "poor old Tom."]]"
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** In the book, Sandy at one point suspects that Jean might be a lesbian because she hasn't married. Being a repressed lesbian could explain why she continues the WillTheyOrWontThey with Mr Lowther, and grooms another girl who reminds her of herself to have an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Then again, what does a child know about sexuality, as Sandy's theories are coming from the mind of a sex-obsessed teenager?
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** In the book, Sandy at one point suspects that Jean might be a lesbian because she hasn't married. Being a repressed lesbian could explain why she continues the WillTheyOrWontThey with Mr Mr. Lowther, and grooms another girl who reminds her of herself to have an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Then again, what does a child know about sexuality, as Sandy's theories are coming from the mind of a sex-obsessed teenager?
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** Jean Brodie's former lover Hugh. Was he truly TheLostLenore? It's noted on the main page that with Jean being younger in the film, that makes her very young to have had an affair in 1917 - which raises the idea that she's romanticising a teenage fling (that would explain her obsession with grooming Jenny to become a lover so young). There's also the possibility there was no Hugh at all; in the book Sandy suspects that Jean could be a lesbian, so the story of a lover that died in the war could be made up to keep suspicion off herself.
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** Jean Brodie's former lover Hugh. Was he truly TheLostLenore? It's noted on the main page that with Jean being younger in the film, that makes her very young to have had an affair in 1917 - which raises the idea that she's romanticising romanticizing a teenage fling (that would explain her obsession with grooming Jenny to become a lover so young). There's also the possibility there was no Hugh at all; in the book Sandy suspects that Jean could be a lesbian, so the story of a lover that died in the war could be made up to keep suspicion off herself.
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* ToughActToFollow: Creator/PamelaFranklin's career was never able to match her performance as Sandy. Despite working until the early 1980s, her subsequent roles never lived up to the hype surrounding this one. Film historians have attributed it to her move to America, and the country not knowing what to do with such an unconventional actress.
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** Gordon Lowther's job is likewise threatened from being seen out in public with Jean and her girls, simply because they're unmarried and it suggests the possibility of an affair (that there actually is one going on is irrelevant). Specifically he's dropped from his church choir for this. The idea that one can be fired because of something in their personal life is quite startling to modern viewers. This also adds more urgency for he and Jean to marry, while marriage is not considered a must these days.
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** Jean's cry of '''''ASSASSIN''''' in the last scene.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The book is well-known but it's often forgotten that the film is an adaptation of a play. The play was not particularly successful and only got a boost in popularity after the film was made. Certain details of the film - notably Sandy's more assertive personality and Mary [=McGregor=] [[spoiler: getting killed]] - aren't in the book. But they are some of the most memorable aspects of it. The book is more experimental and talks more about religion (part of Sandy's coming of age is rejecting the school's Calvinist teachings and becoming a Catholic nun) - whereas the play and film focus more on failed love and Fascist politics.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The book is well-known but it's often forgotten that the film is an adaptation of a play. The play was not particularly successful and only got a boost in popularity after the film was made. Certain details of the film - notably Sandy's more assertive personality and Mary [=McGregor=] [[spoiler: getting killed]] - aren't in the book. But they are some of the most memorable aspects of it. The book is more experimental and talks more about religion (part of Sandy's coming of age is rejecting the school's Calvinist teachings and becoming a Catholic nun) - whereas the play and film focus more on failed love and Fascist politics. Jean Brodie is also far more attractive and charismatic in the film.
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** The LoveTriangle between Teddy Lloyd and Gordon Lowther. Jean could either enjoy stringing both of them along and simply not want to have to pick one. Or she could be keeping Lowther at bay because she doesn't love him and doesn't want to trap him in an unhappy marriage with her when she still pines for Lloyd. Or she could have been intending to marry Lowther once Jenny had started her affair, in effect having both men at last.
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** The LoveTriangle between Teddy Lloyd and Gordon Lowther. Jean could either enjoy stringing both of them along and simply not want to have to pick one. Or she could be keeping Lowther at bay because she doesn't love him and doesn't want to trap him in an unhappy marriage with her when she still pines for Lloyd. Or she could have been intending to marry Lowther once Jenny had started her affair, in effect having both men at last. There's also the much simpler option that Jean saw Teddy as a one night stand and enjoyed sleeping around without having to marry (the 20s having not been that long ago).
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** Sandy's reasons for betraying Jean Brodie are either motivated by a desire to protect the rest of the girls (and preventing another death) or jealousy that Teddy Lloyd still painted Jean whenever she posed for him. The film also shows her crying at the end, which suggests that she's going MyGodWhatHaveIDone alongside IDidWhatIHadToDo.
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** Sandy's reasons for betraying Jean Brodie are either motivated by a desire to protect the rest of the girls (and preventing another death) or jealousy that Teddy Lloyd still painted Jean whenever she posed for him. The film also shows her crying at the end, which suggests that she's going MyGodWhatHaveIDone alongside IDidWhatIHadToDo. There's also her matter of Teddy. [[spoiler: She doesn't get him fired like she does Jean]], is it because she doesn't see him as dangerous? In the book it's influenced a bit more by knowing his wife Deirdre and their children, and wanting to spare them the embarrassment of the scandal.
** Jean Brodie's former lover Hugh. Was he truly TheLostLenore? It's noted on the main page that with Jean being younger in the film, that makes her very young to have had an affair in 1917 - which raises the idea that she's romanticising a teenage fling (that would explain her obsession with grooming Jenny to become a lover so young). There's also the possibility there was no Hugh at all; in the book Sandy suspects that Jean could be a lesbian, so the story of a lover that died in the war could be made up to keep suspicion off herself.
** Jean Brodie's former lover Hugh. Was he truly TheLostLenore? It's noted on the main page that with Jean being younger in the film, that makes her very young to have had an affair in 1917 - which raises the idea that she's romanticising a teenage fling (that would explain her obsession with grooming Jenny to become a lover so young). There's also the possibility there was no Hugh at all; in the book Sandy suspects that Jean could be a lesbian, so the story of a lover that died in the war could be made up to keep suspicion off herself.
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** When Teddy Lloyd sees the Brodie Set walking down the street outside his studio, he has a hilariously over-the-top reaction - jumping to the window dramatically as if he's in an opera.
** During the sequence of the girls getting lessons in school, the singing lesson starts with an abrupt cut to a close-up of Mr Lowther already belting out a song. The suddenness makes it unintentionally hilarious.
** When Teddy Lloyd sees the Brodie Set walking down the street outside his studio, he has a hilariously over-the-top reaction - jumping to the window dramatically as if he's in an opera.
** During the sequence of the girls getting lessons in school, the singing lesson starts with an abrupt cut to a close-up of Mr Lowther already belting out a song. The suddenness makes it unintentionally hilarious.
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** Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.[[note]]This seems to be a fault of the adaptation, which makes Sandy much more confident and assertive, as opposed to the ShrinkingViolet she was in the book. She only betrays Jean in secret and continues to spend time with her until her death, rather than giving her the ReasonYouSuckSpeech in the film. She also has dinner at Teddy's house, where she meets his wife Deirdre and their children - who are offscreen in the film. Reporting his behaviour would mean putting his family through a scandal, and Sandy is reluctant to do that.[[/note]]
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** Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.[[note]]This seems to be a fault of the adaptation, which makes Sandy much more confident and assertive, as opposed to the ShrinkingViolet she was in the book. She only betrays Jean in secret and continues to spend time with her until her death, rather than giving her the ReasonYouSuckSpeech in the film. She also has dinner at Teddy's house, where she meets his wife Deirdre and their children - who are offscreen in the film. Reporting his behaviour would mean putting his family through a scandal, and Sandy is reluctant to do that.[[/note]][[/note]] Even if (as AlternateCharacterInterpretation puts it above) she sees him as not very dangerous, he did have an affair with a student. While it was mostly consensual on Sandy's part, it did begin with ''him'' forcefully kissing her.
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** Jean Brodie chooses not to get married so she can devote her life to teaching. Of course in the 1930s she would presumably have to give up her job and raise children once she was married (in some parts of the world there were ''laws'' stating that a woman must stop working once married) - and this causes much drama from her having an affair with Gordon Lowther. In the modern day, marriage wouldn't change her career much if at all.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The book is well-known but it's often forgotten that the film is an adaptation of a play. The play was not particularly successful and only got a boost in popularity after the film was made. Certain details of the film - notably Sandy's more assertive personality and Mary [=McGregor=] [[spoiler: getting killed]] - aren't in the book. But they are some of the most memorable aspects of it.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The book is well-known but it's often forgotten that the film is an adaptation of a play. The play was not particularly successful and only got a boost in popularity after the film was made. Certain details of the film - notably Sandy's more assertive personality and Mary [=McGregor=] [[spoiler: getting killed]] - aren't in the book. But they are some of the most memorable aspects of it. The book is more experimental and talks more about religion (part of Sandy's coming of age is rejecting the school's Calvinist teachings and becoming a Catholic nun) - whereas the play and film focus more on failed love and Fascist politics.
* AngstWhatAngst: In the film, Monica and Jenny show zero angst [[spoiler: when Mary dies in the Civil War. They're not seen until the end of term, where they're happily laughing and joking with each other]]. This might be a result of the adaptation, where the student who dies is Joyce Emily Hammond - a delinquent girl they had no time for. They did grieve for Mary's death later though - suffering remorse for how they bullied her.
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* CantUnhearIt: Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie. And possibly Celia Johnson as Miss [=McKay=].
* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. She actually suggests that Jean go and teach at a school that's less conservative than Marcia Blaine, suggesting she wants to keep everyone happy. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. She actually suggests that Jean go and teach at a school that's less conservative than Marcia Blaine, suggesting she wants to keep everyone happy. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
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* DesignatedVillain: Miss[=McKay=] Mackay is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. She actually suggests that Jean go and teach at a school that's less conservative than Marcia Blaine, suggesting she wants to keep everyone happy. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
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** Monica bursts into tears after Jean's story about her lover that died in the war. Miss [=McKay=] comes in shortly after, and Jean covers up by saying they were learning about a particularly violent battle - and Miss [=McKay=] has a hilarious reaction ("crying over a ''history'' lesson?"). After Jean explains that the circumstances were quite sad, the headmistress responds "to be sure" in a way that's made funny by Celia Johnson's delivery.
** Lowther bursts into one of Jean's classes in a panic (as Miss [=McKay=] has just seen the fake letter talking about their affair). Jean tries to keep up appearances and says (as innocently as she can) "Mr Lowther, did you want to speak to me about something?" - while pushing him out the door.
** Lowther bursts into one of Jean's classes in a panic (as Miss [=McKay=] has just seen the fake letter talking about their affair). Jean tries to keep up appearances and says (as innocently as she can) "Mr Lowther, did you want to speak to me about something?" - while pushing him out the door.
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** Monica bursts into tears after Jean's story about her lover that died in the war. Miss [=McKay=] Mackay comes in shortly after, and Jean covers up by saying they were learning about a particularly violent battle - and Miss [=McKay=] Mackay has a hilarious reaction ("crying over a ''history'' lesson?"). After Jean explains that the circumstances were quite sad, the headmistress responds "to be sure" in a way that's made funny by Celia Johnson's delivery.
** Lowther bursts into one of Jean's classes in a panic (as Miss[=McKay=] Mackay has just seen the fake letter talking about their affair). Jean tries to keep up appearances and says (as innocently as she can) "Mr Lowther, did you want to speak to me about something?" - while pushing him out the door.
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** The letter reading scene - where Miss [=McKay=] has found Sandy and Jenny's sex fic about Jean and Gordon. As she reads it aloud, Jean clearly finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny, while Gordon looks mortified. Miss [=McKay=] also looks [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne especially annoyed]] when the letter describes her as "rather narrow". The crowner is when the letter congratulates Gordon "on your sexual intercourse, and your singing."
** Jean's SuddenlyShouting outburst after her resignation is demanded counts, if only for Miss [=McKay=]'s utterly dumbfounded reaction when she's done. Jean also gives us this gem.
---> "If scandal is to your taste, Miss [=McKay=], I will give you a feast!"
** Jean's SuddenlyShouting outburst after her resignation is demanded counts, if only for Miss [=McKay=]'s utterly dumbfounded reaction when she's done. Jean also gives us this gem.
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** The letter reading scene - where Miss [=McKay=] Mackay has found Sandy and Jenny's sex fic about Jean and Gordon. As she reads it aloud, Jean clearly finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny, while Gordon looks mortified. Miss [=McKay=] Mackay also looks [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne especially annoyed]] when the letter describes her as "rather narrow". The crowner is when the letter congratulates Gordon "on your sexual intercourse, and your singing."
** Jean's SuddenlyShouting outburst after her resignation is demanded counts, if only for Miss[=McKay=]'s Mackay's utterly dumbfounded reaction when she's done. Jean also gives us this gem.
---> "If scandal is to your taste, Miss[=McKay=], Mackay, I will give you a feast!"
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** When Jean hears that Gordon has been seeing Ms Lockhart, she snarks that it's best not to make her mad.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Real-life husband and wife Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens play a toxic couple that end the film unhappy and apart. They divorced only a few years later.
--> "After all, she has the means to blow us all up!"
* HarsherInHindsight: Real-life husband and wife Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens play a toxic couple that end the film unhappy and apart. They divorced only a few years later.
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** Miss [=McKay=] is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 21st Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
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** Miss [=McKay=] Mackay is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 21st Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
** In the film, Mary's FreudianSlip is covered up by the other girls saying she's talking about Shakespeare. Mary's actress Jane Carr would later earn Olivier Award nominations for her Shakespeare work on the stage. Could also double as HeartwarmingInHindsight.
** Teddy only qualifies after suffering massive amounts of HeelRealization in the third act - where he admits his obsession with Jean is ruining his life and he's reduced to sleeping with his students.
* RetroactiveRecognition: In the original stage run, Creator/OliviaHussey played Jenny - right before she achieved worldwide fame with ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968''.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Jean for one specific incident - Mary walking in on her and Teddy kissing, which leads to the girls getting caught imitating it by Miss [=McKay=]. Jean and Teddy were kissing in private, and Teddy forcefully kissed her. Jean gets all the flack for this, even though she wasn't doing it in front of her students and it was bad luck that Mary walked into the empty classroom to witness it.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Jean for one specific incident - Mary walking in on her and Teddy kissing, which leads to the girls getting caught imitating it by Miss [=McKay=].Mackay. Jean and Teddy were kissing in private, and Teddy forcefully kissed her. Jean gets all the flack for this, even though she wasn't doing it in front of her students and it was bad luck that Mary walked into the empty classroom to witness it.
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** The idea of teenage girls having sexual fantasies about their teachers and authority figures is considered scandalous to Miss [=McKay=], and another sign of Jean Brodie's dangerous influence on them. Nowadays it's more accepted that teenagers will develop {{Precocious Crush}}es and [[HotForTeacher find some teachers attractive]], and this kind of thing is only wrong if the students act on it or behave inappropriately about it - which isn't the case here. Jean had no idea about the fake letter and didn't encourage this aspect in the girls - and Sandy and Jenny didn't intend for the paper to be read by anyone. So here, Miss [=McKay=] doesn't really have a case, and it's only through MoralLuck that this turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler: Jean grooming Jenny to have an affair with Teddy]].
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** The idea of teenage girls having sexual fantasies about their teachers and authority figures is considered scandalous to Miss [=McKay=], Mackay, and another sign of Jean Brodie's dangerous influence on them. Nowadays it's more accepted that teenagers will develop {{Precocious Crush}}es and [[HotForTeacher find some teachers attractive]], and this kind of thing is only wrong if the students act on it or behave inappropriately about it - which isn't the case here. Jean had no idea about the fake letter and didn't encourage this aspect in the girls - and Sandy and Jenny didn't intend for the paper to be read by anyone. So here, Miss [=McKay=] Mackay doesn't really have a case, and it's only through MoralLuck that this turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler: Jean grooming Jenny to have an affair with Teddy]].
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* AccidentalAesop: If you take Jean's Fascism and grooming of Jenny out of the equation, one could get the impression the lesson is that conformity is ideal. Deviate from the norm and you could end up [[spoiler: molested by an older man or killed by your own naivety.]]
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** Jean Brodie is subject to a lot of this. She says that she opted to stay away from Teddy Lloyd to devote her life to teaching young girls. But Sandy especially calls her out that she selects certain girls that merely appeal to her vanity and seem easy to manipulate. There's also the question of whether Jean picks girls for the "Brodie set" because they remind her of herself (Jenny in particular) or because she feels affection for them. There's also the possibility that the Brodie set she views as the children she never had.
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** Jean Brodie is subject to a lot of this. She says that she opted to stay away from Teddy Lloyd to devote her life to teaching young girls. But Sandy especially calls her out that she selects certain girls that merely appeal to her vanity and seem easy to manipulate. There's also the question of whether Jean picks girls for the "Brodie set" because they remind her of herself (Jenny in particular) or because she feels affection for them. There's also the possibility that the Brodie set she views as the children she never had. In the book she scoffs at the idea of going to a more progressive school because of their eccentricity - suggesting she's employing TallPoppySyndrome and loving the idea of being the BlitheSpirit in a conservative environment.
** In the book, Sandy at one point suspects that Jean might be a lesbian because she hasn't married. Being a repressed lesbian could explain why she continues the WillTheyOrWontThey with Mr Lowther, and grooms another girl who reminds her of herself to have an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Then again, what does a child know about sexuality, as Sandy's theories are coming from the mind of a sex-obsessed teenager?
* CantUnhearIt: Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie. And possibly Celia Johnson as Miss [=McKay=].
* FridgeHorror: Jean appears to have a ReplacementGoldfish in another young girl called Clara who she mistakenly calls Jenny at one point. She favors Jenny because the girl reminds her of herself, and that's why she chose her to be groomed for the affair with Teddy. Say ''that'' didn't work, what's to stop her from grooming Clara to do the same? Except Clara is significantly younger, and one at least gets the impression that Jean's idea to groom Jenny came when the girl was a little older. If she starts grooming Clara from the age she is already...shudder...[[spoiler: though thankfully not an issue due to Sandy]].
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* JerkassWoobie: It's hard not to feel sorry for Jean as her whole life falls apart around her, even if she absolutely deserved it all.
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** If you've seen this film and ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', the similarities in plot points are quite amusing - CoolTeacher against conservative authority figure who tries [[spoiler: and eventually succeeds]] to get them fired, ShrinkingViolet character who becomes more assertive through the teacher's influence, students forming their own clique inspired by the teacher, focus on art and culture, [[spoiler: one student dying and the teacher being dismissed shortly after]]. Except in the latter, the teacher's presence is heroic.
** Sandy's fate in the book is to eventually become a nun. Maggie Smith would memorably play a nun in the ''Film/SisterAct'' movies.
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** It's hard not to feel sorry for Jean as her whole life falls apart around her, even if she absolutely deserved itall.all.
** Sandy does a lot of nasty things in the book and film, but it's only because she's spent years being conditioned by a teacher she trusted and eventually suffered a BrokenPedestal for. In the book, there's a moment where she feels guilty for bullying Mary, but becomes terrified that she'll be bullied if she's nice to her.
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** Sandy does a lot of nasty things in the book and film, but it's only because she's spent years being conditioned by a teacher she trusted and eventually suffered a BrokenPedestal for. In the book, there's a moment where she feels guilty for bullying Mary, but becomes terrified that she'll be bullied if she's nice to her.
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** Mary's fate in the book is equally sad. She's bullied by the girls far more than she is in the film - where she at least gets accepted by them after revealing she saw Jean and Teddy kissing. Jean even picks on her in the book. Sandy occasionally feels sorry for her but continues to bully her anyway. Despite this, Mary would still look back on her years at Marcia Blaine as the happiest of her life. She dies at the age of twenty-three in a hotel fire - where she becomes too confused to escape. The rest of the Brodie Set are deeply saddened by this and many of them frequently say [[HeelRealization "I should have been nicer to Mary."]]
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** Mary's fate in the book is equally sad. She's bullied by the girls far more than she is in the film - where she at least gets accepted by them after revealing she saw Jean and Teddy kissing. Jean even picks on her in the book. Sandy occasionally feels sorry for her but continues to bully her anyway. Despite this, Mary would still look back on her years at Marcia Blaine as the happiest of her life. She dies at the age of twenty-three twenty-four in a hotel fire - where she becomes too confused to escape. The rest of the Brodie Set are deeply saddened by this and many of them frequently say [[HeelRealization "I should have been nicer to Mary."]]
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Jean for one specific incident - Mary walking in on her and Teddy kissing, which leads to the girls getting caught imitating it by Miss [=McKay=]. Jean and Teddy were kissing in private, and Teddy forcefully kissed her. Jean gets all the flack for this, even though she wasn't doing it in front of her students and it was bad luck that Mary walked into the empty classroom to witness it.
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** Poor, slow Mary [=McGregor=] who has no one except a delinquent brother and Miss Brodie.
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** Teddy's dismissing Jean and Gordon's lovemaking as "All those boring hours in bed with old Lowther puffing bravely away."
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* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
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* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. She actually suggests that Jean go and teach at a school that's less conservative than Marcia Blaine, suggesting she wants to keep everyone happy. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
** Monica bursts into tears after Jean's story about her lover that died in the war. Miss [=McKay=] comes in shortly after, and Jean covers up by saying they were learning about a particularly violent battle - and Miss [=McKay=] has a hilarious reaction ("crying over a ''history'' lesson?"). After Jean explains that the circumstances were quite sad, the headmistress responds "to be sure" in a way that's made funny by Celia Johnson's delivery.
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** The letter reading scene - where Miss [=McKay=] has found Sandy and Jenny's sex fic about Jean and Gordon. As she reads it aloud, Jean clearly finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny, while Gordon looks mortified. Miss [=McKay=] also looks [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne especially annoyed annoyed]] when the letter describes her as "rather narrow". The crowner is when the letter congratulates Gordon "on your sexual intercourse, and your singing."
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** Miss [=McKay=] is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 20th Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
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** Miss [=McKay=] is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 20th 21st Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
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** Mary's fate in the book is equally sad. She's bullied by the girls far more than she is in the film - where she at least gets accepted by them after revealing she saw Jean and Teddy kissing. Jean even picks on her in the book. Sandy occasionally feels sorry for her but continues to bully her anyway. Despite this, Mary would still look back on her years at Marcia Blaine as the happiest of her life. She dies at the age of twenty-three in a hotel fire - where she becomes too confused to escape. The rest of the Brodie Set are deeply saddened by this and many of them frequently say "I should have been nicer to Mary."
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** Mary's fate in the book is equally sad. She's bullied by the girls far more than she is in the film - where she at least gets accepted by them after revealing she saw Jean and Teddy kissing. Jean even picks on her in the book. Sandy occasionally feels sorry for her but continues to bully her anyway. Despite this, Mary would still look back on her years at Marcia Blaine as the happiest of her life. She dies at the age of twenty-three in a hotel fire - where she becomes too confused to escape. The rest of the Brodie Set are deeply saddened by this and many of them frequently say [[HeelRealization "I should have been nicer to Mary.""]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.
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** Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.[[note]]This seems to be a fault of the adaptation, which makes Sandy much more confident and assertive, as opposed to the ShrinkingViolet she was in the book. She only betrays Jean in secret and continues to spend time with her until her death, rather than giving her the ReasonYouSuckSpeech in the film. She also has dinner at Teddy's house, where she meets his wife Deirdre and their children - who are offscreen in the film. Reporting his behaviour would mean putting his family through a scandal, and Sandy is reluctant to do that.[[/note]]
** The idea of teenage girls having sexual fantasies about their teachers and authority figures is considered scandalous to Miss [=McKay=], and another sign of Jean Brodie's dangerous influence on them. Nowadays it's more accepted that teenagers will develop {{Precocious Crush}}es and [[HotForTeacher find some teachers attractive]], and this kind of thing is only wrong if the students act on it or behave inappropriately about it - which isn't the case here. Jean had no idea about the fake letter and didn't encourage this aspect in the girls - and Sandy and Jenny didn't intend for the paper to be read by anyone. So here, Miss [=McKay=] doesn't really have a case, and it's only through MoralLuck that this turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler: Jean grooming Jenny to have an affair with Teddy]].
** Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.[[note]]This seems to be a fault of the adaptation, which makes Sandy much more confident and assertive, as opposed to the ShrinkingViolet she was in the book. She only betrays Jean in secret and continues to spend time with her until her death, rather than giving her the ReasonYouSuckSpeech in the film. She also has dinner at Teddy's house, where she meets his wife Deirdre and their children - who are offscreen in the film. Reporting his behaviour would mean putting his family through a scandal, and Sandy is reluctant to do that.[[/note]]
** The idea of teenage girls having sexual fantasies about their teachers and authority figures is considered scandalous to Miss [=McKay=], and another sign of Jean Brodie's dangerous influence on them. Nowadays it's more accepted that teenagers will develop {{Precocious Crush}}es and [[HotForTeacher find some teachers attractive]], and this kind of thing is only wrong if the students act on it or behave inappropriately about it - which isn't the case here. Jean had no idea about the fake letter and didn't encourage this aspect in the girls - and Sandy and Jenny didn't intend for the paper to be read by anyone. So here, Miss [=McKay=] doesn't really have a case, and it's only through MoralLuck that this turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler: Jean grooming Jenny to have an affair with Teddy]].
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** There's also Maggie Smith's role in ''Tea With Mussolini'', where she's one of several English and American ladies enduring persecution in Mussolini's Italy. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor much?
** Miss [=McKay=] is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 20th Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
** Miss [=McKay=] is scandalised when she reads a fake love letter written by Sandy and Jenny about Jean and Gordon having sex. Fast forward to the 20th Century where {{Real Person Fic}}s are considered standard behaviour for [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girls]].
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The book is well-known but it's often forgotten that the film is an adaptation of a play. The play was not particularly successful and only got a boost in popularity after the film was made. Certain details of the film - notably Sandy's more assertive personality and Mary [=McGregor=] [[spoiler: getting killed]] - aren't in the book. But they are some of the most memorable aspects of it.
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* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are. In the book however, she is far more antagonistic; she makes up slanderous rumours and tries to bribe the girls into telling lies to get Jean fired.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Maggie Smith plays a dangerous teacher who is difficult to get rid of. Years later in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series, she would get to be on the other side - as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure trying to oppose a dangerous tyrant abusing her pupils. And she uses a Scottish accent for both.
** Jean Brodie is a massive Fascist supporter - and in the book she admires Hitler too. Her love interest in the film would later play a man attempting to [[Film/TheGreatEscape escape from a German POW camp]].
** Maggie Smith plays a dangerous teacher who is difficult to get rid of. Years later in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series, she would get to be on the other side - as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure trying to oppose a dangerous tyrant abusing her pupils. And she uses a Scottish accent for both.
** Jean Brodie is a massive Fascist supporter - and in the book she admires Hitler too. Her love interest in the film would later play a man attempting to [[Film/TheGreatEscape escape from a German POW camp]].
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** Mary [=McGregor=] and her ultimate fate. She's an orphan who gets bullied by the other girls, even those in the "Brodie Set". And she takes the terrible advice of the one mother figure she's ever known - and runs off to join the army. Her train gets bombed before she even gets there - and it turns out that she was headed for the wrong army. She had intended to join her brother, assuming he was fighting for Franco when he was fighting for the Republic. So not only did she die for nothing, she never got reunited with her brother and if she'd headed to the other side - she might at least have lived long enough.
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** Mary [=McGregor=] and her ultimate fate. She's an orphan who gets bullied by the other girls, even those in the "Brodie Set". And she takes the terrible advice of the one mother figure she's ever known - and runs off to join the army. [[spoiler: Her train gets bombed before she even gets there - and it turns out that she was headed for the wrong army. She had intended to join her brother, assuming he was fighting for Franco when he was fighting for the Republic. So not only did she die for nothing, she never got reunited with her brother and if she'd headed to the other side - she might at least have lived long enough.]]
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** Mary's fate in the book is equally sad. She's bullied by the girls far more than she is in the film - where she at least gets accepted by them after revealing she saw Jean and Teddy kissing. Jean even picks on her in the book. Sandy occasionally feels sorry for her but continues to bully her anyway. Despite this, Mary would still look back on her years at Marcia Blaine as the happiest of her life. She dies at the age of twenty-three in a hotel fire - where she becomes too confused to escape. The rest of the Brodie Set are deeply saddened by this and many of them frequently say "I should have been nicer to Mary."
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** The letter reading scene - where Miss [=McKay=] has found Sandy and Jenny's sex fic about Jean and Gordon. As she reads it aloud, Jean clearly finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny, while Gordon looks mortified. Miss [=McKay=] also looks especially annoyed when the letter describes her as "rather narrow". The crowner is when the letter congratulates Gordon "on your sexual intercourse, and your singing."
** Jean's SuddenlyShouting outburst after her resignation is demanded counts, if only for Miss [=McKay=]'s utterly dumbfounded reaction when she's done. Jean also gives us this gem.
---> "If scandal is to your taste, Miss [=McKay=], I will give you a feast!"
** Jean's SuddenlyShouting outburst after her resignation is demanded counts, if only for Miss [=McKay=]'s utterly dumbfounded reaction when she's done. Jean also gives us this gem.
---> "If scandal is to your taste, Miss [=McKay=], I will give you a feast!"
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* AwardSnub: Although Maggie Smith received an Oscar for her role as Jean, the only nomination Pamela Franklin got was a BAFTA - which she lost to her co-star Celia Johnson. The only other award she was up for was for the National Board of Review.
* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are.
* DesignatedVillain: Miss [=McKay=] is who Jean Brodie opposes and yet she's not particularly cruel or conservative. She's just disturbed by some TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour from her students, and is worried they might be getting dangerous ideas from their teacher - which as it turns out they are.
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* UnbuiltTrope: Before the CoolTeacher trope had become popular, here is a very early deconstruction of it. Jean Brodie's pupils have their lives ruined by her influence and the DeanBitterman she opposes seems more like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* ValuesDissonance: Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.
* ValuesDissonance: Although the story is ahead of its time by pointing out the dangerous effect a teacher can have on her pupils, it's a little alarming how casually the girls treat the idea of one of them having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Notably [[spoiler: Sandy gets Miss Brodie dismissed for causing Mary's death]] but she never attempts to get Teddy fired for making passes at his students.
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** Lowther bursts into one of Jean's classes in a panic (as Miss [=McKay=] has just seen the fake letter talking about their affair). Jean tries to keep up appearances and says (as innocently as she can) "Mr Lowther, did you want to speak to me about something?" - while pushing him out the door.
** When Mary [=McGregor=] accidentally walks in on Teddy and Jean kissing, Jean furiously screams at her about what happened to 'Peeping Tom'. Mary flees in terror. Teddy meanwhile quips [[ActuallyPrettyFunny "poor old Tom."]]
* JerkassWoobie: It's hard not to feel sorry for Jean as her whole life falls apart around her, even if she absolutely deserved it all.
** Lowther bursts into one of Jean's classes in a panic (as Miss [=McKay=] has just seen the fake letter talking about their affair). Jean tries to keep up appearances and says (as innocently as she can) "Mr Lowther, did you want to speak to me about something?" - while pushing him out the door.
** When Mary [=McGregor=] accidentally walks in on Teddy and Jean kissing, Jean furiously screams at her about what happened to 'Peeping Tom'. Mary flees in terror. Teddy meanwhile quips [[ActuallyPrettyFunny "poor old Tom."]]
* JerkassWoobie: It's hard not to feel sorry for Jean as her whole life falls apart around her, even if she absolutely deserved it all.
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* TearJerker: Mary [=McGregor=] and her ultimate fate. She's an orphan who gets bullied by the other girls, even those in the "Brodie Set". And she takes the terrible advice of the one mother figure she's ever known - and runs off to join the army. Her train gets bombed before she even gets there - and it turns out that she was headed for the wrong army. She had intended to join her brother, assuming he was fighting for Franco when he was fighting for the Republic. So not only did she die for nothing, she never got reunited with her brother and if she'd headed to the other side - she might at least have lived long enough.
* TheWoobie: Poor, slow Mary [=McGregor=] who has no one except a delinquent brother and Miss Brodie.
** Mr Lowther, a decent, guileless sort who is strung along by Miss Brodie for years.
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** Mr Lowther, a decent, guileless sort who is strung along by Miss Brodie for years.
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** Mary [=McGregor=] and her ultimate fate. She's an orphan who gets bullied by the other girls, even those in the "Brodie Set". And she takes the terrible advice of the one mother figure she's ever known - and runs off to join the army. Her train gets bombed before she even gets there - and it turns out that she was headed for the wrong army. She had intended to join her brother, assuming he was fighting for Franco when he was fighting for the Republic. So not only did she die for nothing, she never got reunited with her brother and if she'd headed to the other side - she might at least have lived long enough.
** Sandy's line about Mary also tragically sums up the poor girl's fate.
--> "She had you. That was ''her'' misfortune!"
** There's also the part during Sandy's ReasonYouSuckSpeech where she suddenly stops shouting and meekly says "what will you do now?" - showing that she clearly feels remorse for Jean. And in fact she probably waited in the classroom to see if she was going to be okay. The fact that this is her parting with her mentor is also incredibly sad to think about.
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** Poor, slow Mary [=McGregor=] who has no one except a delinquent brother and Miss Brodie.
** Mr Lowther, a decent, guileless sort who is strung along by Miss Brodie for years.
** Mary [=McGregor=] and her ultimate fate. She's an orphan who gets bullied by the other girls, even those in the "Brodie Set". And she takes the terrible advice of the one mother figure she's ever known - and runs off to join the army. Her train gets bombed before she even gets there - and it turns out that she was headed for the wrong army. She had intended to join her brother, assuming he was fighting for Franco when he was fighting for the Republic. So not only did she die for nothing, she never got reunited with her brother and if she'd headed to the other side - she might at least have lived long enough.
** Sandy's line about Mary also tragically sums up the poor girl's fate.
--> "She had you. That was ''her'' misfortune!"
** There's also the part during Sandy's ReasonYouSuckSpeech where she suddenly stops shouting and meekly says "what will you do now?" - showing that she clearly feels remorse for Jean. And in fact she probably waited in the classroom to see if she was going to be okay. The fact that this is her parting with her mentor is also incredibly sad to think about.
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** Poor, slow Mary [=McGregor=] who has no one except a delinquent brother and Miss Brodie.
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** Jean Brodie is subject to a lot of this. She says that she opted to stay away from Teddy Lloyd to devote her life to teaching young girls. But Sandy especially calls her out that she selects certain girls that merely appeal to her vanity and seem easy to manipulate. There's also the question of whether Jean picks girls for the "Brodie set" because they remind her of herself (Jenny in particular) or because she feels affection for them. There's also the possibility that the Brodie set she views as the children she never had.
** The LoveTriangle between Teddy Lloyd and Gordon Lowther. Jean could either enjoy stringing both of them along and simply not want to have to pick one. Or she could be keeping Lowther at bay because she doesn't love him and doesn't want to trap him in an unhappy marriage with her when she still pines for Lloyd. Or she could have been intending to marry Lowther once Jenny had started her affair, in effect having both men at last.
** Miss Mackay's attempts to dismiss Jean Brodie. It's either her not wanting such a radical teacher at Marcia Blaine or a personal vendetta against a teacher that's been very hard to get rid of. Miss Mackay's eventual reasons for succeeding support the former, but she definitely seems a little ''too'' pleased when she does.
** Sandy's reasons for betraying Jean Brodie are either motivated by a desire to protect the rest of the girls (and preventing another death) or jealousy that Teddy Lloyd still painted Jean whenever she posed for him. The film also shows her crying at the end, which suggests that she's going MyGodWhatHaveIDone alongside IDidWhatIHadToDo.
** Jean Brodie is subject to a lot of this. She says that she opted to stay away from Teddy Lloyd to devote her life to teaching young girls. But Sandy especially calls her out that she selects certain girls that merely appeal to her vanity and seem easy to manipulate. There's also the question of whether Jean picks girls for the "Brodie set" because they remind her of herself (Jenny in particular) or because she feels affection for them. There's also the possibility that the Brodie set she views as the children she never had.
** The LoveTriangle between Teddy Lloyd and Gordon Lowther. Jean could either enjoy stringing both of them along and simply not want to have to pick one. Or she could be keeping Lowther at bay because she doesn't love him and doesn't want to trap him in an unhappy marriage with her when she still pines for Lloyd. Or she could have been intending to marry Lowther once Jenny had started her affair, in effect having both men at last.
** Miss Mackay's attempts to dismiss Jean Brodie. It's either her not wanting such a radical teacher at Marcia Blaine or a personal vendetta against a teacher that's been very hard to get rid of. Miss Mackay's eventual reasons for succeeding support the former, but she definitely seems a little ''too'' pleased when she does.
** Sandy's reasons for betraying Jean Brodie are either motivated by a desire to protect the rest of the girls (and preventing another death) or jealousy that Teddy Lloyd still painted Jean whenever she posed for him. The film also shows her crying at the end, which suggests that she's going MyGodWhatHaveIDone alongside IDidWhatIHadToDo.
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