The Blind Side

[bloodyminded]

Ever see the movie John Q with Denzel Washington? I suppose that would be considered Pop-Liberalism.

I haven't seen it, but yeah, that seems to be what some people have said about it.

[fellowtraveller]

Advocacy?????

Not even a little.

OK, but you need to be more careful with your language. Instead of 'See Avatar' perhaps you could say 'drive long bamboo skewers into your eyeballs rather than watch Avatar'.

[bloodyminded]

OK, but you need to be more careful with your language. Instead of 'See Avatar' perhaps you could say 'drive long bamboo skewers into your eyeballs rather than watch Avatar'.

I don't believe my view could have been much more clear. To quote,

and then there are those that are simpleminded sops to liberal sensibilities, lacking anything insightful or truly interesting.

See Avatar, for example.

If that's advocacy, it's about the worst I could conceive, I think.

[August1991]

Sez the person who hasn't seen the movie nor read the book (nor read Liar's Poker).

Wrong, wrong and wrong. Saw the movie, read the book and read the other book. Heck, I even read his pieces on Iceland and Greece but to be honest, I only got part way through Moneyball. He may be a good writer but baseball can defeat the most stylish.

The movie and the book's goals are to highlight how important the position of Left Tackle is in Pro Football more than to make a political statement.

I know next to nothing about American football but even I got that point.

OTOH, I think the book/movie involved more.

In their mind the only way a conservative family would take in a black child would be because they saw dollar signs as soon as they realized his athletic ability. Which ironically is highlighted by the NCAA women who sees what the family has done as somehow "paying" a player who should be amateur.

A leftist friend made a similar point to me. Do you know anything about how fanatical "Ol' Miss" fans are?

I'm surprised Tim McGraw's character hadn't taken heat in this thread since he clearly made his wealth by opening businesses (Taco Bell's) where the employees are paid below standard wages.

Gee wiz.