long form essay questions on billy madison

1) Billy Madison comes off as mildly retarded throughout most of the movie but especially in the beginning (Nudie Magazine Day, the penguin, falling down, Shampoo, etc.). Is Billy simply dumb, is he a drunkard, or does he have a marijuana problem that didn't make it past the censor board?

2) While Veronica Vaughn is definitively endeared to Billy after the "if peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis" scene, she does not reprimand him after he grabs her boob (something that should get him expelled from school), and jokes with him affably on an intimate walk after said sexual harassment about how she's trying to "hold him to the same standards as the other students." What made Veronica's attitude towards Billy change, since he was the same Billy she had loathed so strongly earlier? Is she a gold-digger after the Madison fortune?

3) Do you think director Tamra Davis' gender (..female) had any influence on this movie at all? Where in the film do you see her past experience directing music videos reflected?