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Why ‘Eighth Grade’ is the most painfully real middle-school movie you’ve ever seen

Source: USA Today

Find out how director Bo Burnham ensured that his story of a teenager making the transition from middle school to high school would authentically capture the experience.

This entry was posted in Approaching Adulthood and tagged Arts & Entertainment on September 1, 2018 by Mikki Gibson.

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