Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

Directed by

Bob Clark

Genre

teen film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 358 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

High school students plan a production of Romeo and Juliet that includes an interracial couple. A reverend, county commissioners, and the Ku Klux Klan shut down the play and beat one of the actors. The students get revenge by publicly humiliating their enemies.

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What happens

Porky's II: The Next Day is a 1983 sex comedy film and the sequel to the 1981 film Porky's. The film is directed and co-written by Bob Clark. Despite the films' title, the character of Porky Wallace (Chuck Mitchell) does not make an appearance. A sequel, Porky's Revenge!, was released in 1985. In the film, the drama club of a high school plans a production of Romeo and Juliet which will feature interracial romance. The production is cancelled after the intervention of a religious leader Reverend Bubba Flavel, the county commissioners, and the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. John Henry, the lead actor of the play, is attacked and beaten by the Klan. The high school students soon have a revenge scheme which will destroy the careers of their enemies and publicly humiliate them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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