![]() What makes this conversation unusual is the obvious intelligence of both, and of Mary in particular - a level of intelligence that becomes more obvious when it’s math time at school. She’s starting school, doesn’t want to go, he says she must, you know the drill. Gifted opens on a somewhat contentious conversation between Frank ( Chris Evans) and the one with the gifts, Mary Adler (an out-of-this-world McKenna Grace). Still, the most important difference between the two films is ambiguity: in Hidden Figures, the right thing to do is as clear as a pristine calculation, but for Frank Adler, the answers aren’t so clear. The Gifted debate about exactly how fancy a child’s life should be is a pretty clear example of privilege Hidden Figures leaps forward to the adulthood of its geniuses, while Gifted is concerned only with childhood (and its importance). One’s based on actual events, the other is not. It’s difficult to watch Gifted, Marc Webb and Tom Flynn’s winning (if formulaic) tearjerker, without thinking of Hidden Figures, and not just because both movies feature an Octavia Spencer who suffers no fools. She’s simply answered a question, and the numbers speak for themselves. Her face does not register surprise, pride, or embarrassment. ![]() As onlookers stare in wonder, she solves a problem, then turns around and regards them all. She steps to the blackboard, utterly calm, mind whirring. ![]() A child is handed a piece of chalk, and that piece of chalk is an opportunity. ![]()
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