History YMMV / BlackboardJungle

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/SidneyPoitier plays Gregory Miller, a disadvantaged black student helped by his white teacher Mr. Dadier. Later on, in ''Film/ToSirWithLove'', he would play Thackeray, a teacher who helps his disadvantaged working-class students... who are mostly white.

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Today the movie comes off as a very standard SaveOurStudents plot: privileged white person goes to inner city school and connects with the troubled minority students through the use of more empathetic teaching techniques. It's hard to hear Mr. Dadier lament that he needs some way to reach his kids without thinking it sounds cliche. But at the time, it was amazing to show that high schools, an American institution no less, were ''flawed''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Today the movie comes off as a very standard SaveOurStudents plot: privileged white person goes to inner city school and connects with the troubled minority students through the use of more empathetic teaching techniques. It's hard to hear Mr. Dadier lament that he needs some way to reach his kids without thinking it sounds cliche. But at the time, it was amazing to show that high schools, an American institution no less, were ''flawed''.

** (Or possibly ValuesResonance depending on how you look at it). Following a scene where Richard saves the HotTeacher from being sexually assaulted by a student, he's back at home telling his wife Anne about the incident. She then proceeds to imply that the teacher simply ''must'' have somehow led the boy responsible on, somewhat snarkily accusing the woman of dressing sexily and, when told by Richard that she was wearing nothing revealing in the slightest, comes to the conclusion that the flesh-covered stockings must have been what did it. The whole thing is then promptly forgotten by both the characters and the movie. Today, it would be a struggle to have Anne seem in any way sympathetic following her all but outright stating that women somehow deserve to be sexually assaulted [[SlutShaming based on what they're wearing]], even with all the harassment she herself is put through.

* ValuesDissonance: Dadier uses several racial slurs in one scene, up to and including the n-word. While he was actually ''condemning'' racism in said scene, today a white person using those words in any context is simply not done (unless said person is purposefully being racist.) Although Dadier's job is later threatened over it until he explains himself, it's likely today a teacher doing this would be fired regardless.

* ValuesResonance: Over fifty years later and inner city schools still have the exact same problems.

** (Or possibly ValuesResonance depending on how you look at it). Following a scene where Richard saves the HotTeacher from being sexually assaulted by a student, he's back at home telling his wife Anne about the incident. She then proceeds to imply that the teacher simply ''must'' have somehow led the boy responsible on, [[VictimBlaming somewhat snarkily accusing the woman of dressing sexily]] and, when told by Richard that she was wearing nothing revealing in the slightest, comes to the conclusion that the flesh-covered stockings must have been what did it. The whole thing is then promptly forgotten by both the characters and the movie. Today, it would be a struggle to have Anne seem in any way sympathetic following her all but outright stating that women somehow deserve to be sexually assaulted [[SlutShaming based on what they're wearing]], even with all the harassment she herself is put through.

** (Or possibly ValuesResonance depending on how you look at it). Following a scene where Richard saves the HotTeacher from being sexually assaulted by a student, he's back at home telling his wife Anne about the incident. She then proceeds to imply that the teacher simply ''must'' have somehow led the boy responsible on, somewhat snarkily accusing the woman of dressing sexily and, when told by Richard that she was wearing nothing revealing in the slightest, comes to the conclusion that the flesh-covered stockings must have been what did it. The whole thing is then promptly forgotten by both the characters and the movie. Today, it would be a struggle to have Anne seem in any way sympathetic following her all but outright stating that women somehow deserve to be sexually assaulted based on what they're wearing, even with all the harassment she herself is put through.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Today the movie comes off as a very standard SaveOurStudents plot: privileged white person goes to inner city school and connects with the troubled minority students through the use of more empathetic teaching techniques. It's hard to hear Mr. Dadier lament that he needs some way to reach his kids without thinking it sounds cliche. But at the time, it was amazing to show that high schools, an American institution no less, was ''flawed''.

* EarWorm: "Rock Around the Clock", so much that it made RockAndRoll one the most popular music genre's ever.

* DawsonCasting: The high schoolers in this film are all played by actors in their 20s.
* {{Earworm}}: "Rock Around the Clock", so much that it made RockAndRoll one the most popular music genre's ever.

** A somewhat ironic example comes in the form of Creator/SidneyPoitier, who plays a student in this film before going on to play a teacher at an inner city school in ''Film/ToSirWithLove''.* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** Today the movie comes off as a very standard SaveOurStudents plot, privileged white person goes to inner city school and connects with the troubled minority students through the use of more empathetic teaching techniques. It's hard to hear Mr. Dadier lament that he needs some way to reach his kids without thinking it sounds cliche. But at the time it was amazing to show that high schools, an American institution no less, was ''flawed''.

* HilariousInHindsight: Sidney Poitier plays Gregory Miller, a disadvantaged black student helped by his white teacher Mr. Dadier. Later on, in [[Film/ToSirWithLove To Sir With Love]], he would play Thackeray, a teacher who helps his disadvantaged working-class students... who are mostly white.
* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/{{MASH}} Klinger]] is pretty handy with a flagpole.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:

* ValuesResonance: Over fifty years later and InnerCitySchools still have the exact same problems.