“The History Boys,” March 10, 2007 (2006), on plane to Bahrain. Richard Griffith reprises his Tony-winning role in this Alan Bennett play-to-screen work. It’s well done, although it poses a false dichotomy of history as either knowledge for its own sake or history as a tool for self-advancement. Virtuous selflessness versus soulless opportunism, with the headmaster a total repressive creep. Some of us see it as something else altogether, but heh, what do we know. Griffith is excellent as the gay/bi but closeted, huge, secondary school teacher, with a class full of overly brilliant students. All the acting is very good. See this one for the performances, which are first rate, not for any sense of realism in education.