i watched spellbound on tv today. its a documentary that follows eight teens/kids who participate in the annual US national spelling bee and their lives that revolve around it. one part made me burst into tears, it wasnt really sad-crying, more like an upset outburst. the tears go away as quickly as they come.

the part that really got me was the whole part about this girl Angela. her dad tried over and over to illegally immigrate to the us from mexico and now the family was living in texas, and her dad had a labourous job working in a cattle ranch. he cant speak a word of english even tho he's lived there for 20, 25 years.

the texan town was a shitty run-down community with one theatre and like a total of 40 kids in school. it was just unfair to see Angela, who is so goddamn smart and all, winning regional spelling bees, live in a miserable shithole full of bimbos. and she's so frigging ugly and poor but doesnt lose hope and her brightness is all going to waste.

anyway. it was emotional for me for like 3 seconds. the documentary in general was great, i think, there isnt any amazing footage or profundity to it, i liked the creative topic and it was interesting to see where these geeky contestant kids come from. apparently its recieved an oscar nomination and a whole lotta other awards.