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As the title suggests, the protagonist is literally struck by lightning and tells his story from beyond the grave. The carson phillips journal, and the new york times bestseller the land of stories. Once carsons bullied his classmates stereotypes one and all into writing for him, he develops a soul and dispenses dr. Some real history has now been intertwined with the fairy tale world, making me want to do a bit of research on a few sites in europe. The carson phillips journal follows the story of outcast high school senior carson phillips who blackmails the most popular students into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application. It features the final screen appearance of actress polly bergen on november 20, 2012, colfer released a young adult novel.
Glee star chris colfer is getting the mean girls treatment from modern familys sarah hyland fortunately, its not real. Colfer wrote, starred in, produced, and novelized his first film, struck by lightning, which debuted at the 2012 tribeca film festival. Hear a clip and read an excerpt from chris colfers struck by. I remember discovering the power of words and using them to slip into a world of my own, carson phillips can be heard saying in a voiceover at the start of struck by lightning, a statement that no doubt was kicking around in the head of chris colfer long before he put them in the films script or said them out loud as carson. At once laughoutloud funny, deliciously dark, and remarkably smart, struck by lightning unearths the dirt that lies just below the surface of high school. The film had its world premiere at the tribeca film festival on april 21, 2012, and was released theatrically on january 11, 20. This is from the movie struck by lightning, way funnier than i thought it was going to be. Chris colfer on struck by lightning, secret boyfriends and. As of september 2019, he has published fifteen books.
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