A sports movie is a powerful thing. After all, what is a story without conflict, and what is an athletic competition if not a confrontation? You don’t have to know anything about boxing to understand what boxing means to Rocky Balboa. You don’t need to study baseball stats to care what happens to the Rockford Peaches. Every character brings their drama with them onto the court, or the ring, or the diamond, or the dodecahedron, or wherever the hell they’re playing. A sports movie is a tale of inner struggle writ large, as a saga of impressive physical feats. Text and subtext, indivisible.
I don’t even like sports very much,…
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