This is a terrific paradox, the seeming opposition of their perfectly charming, sometimes awkward self-performances for Whiz Kids and their wretched nervousness while facing the Intel judges. Read more
Cynthia Fuchs is Film and TV reviews editor at PopMatters.com and director of Film & Media Studies and Associate Professor of English, Film & Video Studies, African and African American Studies, Sport & American Culture, and Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University.