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then became a substitute teacher, and eventually became vice principal of her high school. When the position of school principal came open, she found herself forced to maneuver through various political tides in her effort to obtain the position. Although school board members planned to give the job to a former football coach, in the aftermath of a shooting at the school, they end up giving Tracy the promotion.
203:(2023), Payne reiterated interest in the project, but would like to pursue other projects first. Payne said that he wants to make a loose adaptation of the novel with Taylor that included Broderick's Jim McAllister character, as well as divert from the high school setting of the novel, attributing to his averseness to: 160:
In the book, it is revealed that Tracy started law school, but had to drop out to tend to her mother, who became sick with multiple sclerosis. As a law student, Tracy also became pregnant during an affair with a professor named Daniel, and opted not to have an abortion per her mother's request. Tracy
27: 226:, so I’m a little over it, so Jim and I are talking right now about how can we adapt that novel faithfully, but loosely, and put our own voice into it. We’ll get there. We’re not quite there, but we’ll get there. 400: 441: 401:"'Election' Sequel: Alexander Payne Says He Wants Matthew Broderick Back & To "Loosely" Adapt The Book That Doesn't Include His Character" 101: 346: 255: 436: 272: 431: 300: 245: 119: 55: 186: 372: 446: 124: 174: 277: 194: 377: 305: 251: 182: 145: 96: 223: 190: 149: 328: 26: 347:"Reese Witherspoon to Star in 'Election' Sequel 'Tracy Flick Can't Win' at Paramount+" 425: 199: 115: 37: 170: 141: 133: 129: 169:
A few months after the book's release, a film adaptation was announced for
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reprising her role as Tracy and producing under her
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Tom Perrotta
Scribner
ISBN
978-1-501-14406-6
Tom Perrotta
Scribner
Election
audiobook
Tracy Flick
Lucy Liu
Paramount+
Reese Witherspoon
Alexander Payne
Paramount+
1999 Election film
Reese Witherspoon
Hello Sunshine
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
The Holdovers
Sideways
a pilot I did
Tracy Flick Can't Win
ISBN
9781501144066
"Tracy Flick is back — and she's tired of losing"
The Washington Post
"'Tracy Flick Can't Win' Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever"
The New York Times

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