A working definition of bathos: The ending of AI, which Nicholas is watching in the front room.

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I actually watched Dangerous Minds this evening. It was an okay film. I was expecting something more along the lines of gritty realism, but it wasn't. Despite bad things happening, the heart-warming good things were pretty unbelieveble. In fact, if they were the worst class in that school then I dread to think what kind of institutions I attended. They were hard-cases for about five minutes and then were more well-behaved than many a class I've been in. It was watchable though.