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142: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Sophomore Lit

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Prime of the Mischief, Brody, and Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith is insanely great as Jean Brody. If you have not seen her when she was a young actress in her prime, it's quite an eye-overner. The idea of serenading this character, unironically, romantically, is so wrong. He wrote the lyrics to the translation of Jacques Braille's The Varebond which became Seasons in the Son.

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