Akeelah and the Bee

Keke Palmer’s not in a raunchy comedy or judging the performance of the House of Mugler on Legendary. She’s an eleven year old going to the spelling bee. Along the way there’s also Ike and Tina Turner, DEI executive order violations, a fame whore principal Justin identifies with, mean girls, a Reading Counts quiz, MapQuest, CD-ROM gaming, babies thrown from airplanes, a lame birthday party, a drug dealer with a heart of gold, some Friday Night Lights bullshit, Animal Crossing vs The Scripps National Spelling Bee, and several montages. Exit ticket: It’s another game but this time from Justin. Ronnie is given Scripps Spelling Bee words for an impromptu spelling bee. The more he gets wrong the higher the price of a gift he has to buy Justin that is spelling bee related. Ronnie is a notoriously bad speller.