In 1977, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training had a moment in the sun. A glowing junk sculpture of American genres-sports flick, coming-of-age story, family melodrama, after-school special, road narrative-the film cashed in on the previous year's success of its predecessor, The Bad News Bears. Arguing against the sequel's dismissal as a cultural afterthought, Josh Wilker lovingly rescues from the oblivion of cinema history a quintessential expression of American resilience and joy. Rushed into theaters by Paramount when the beleaguered film industry was suffering from "acute sequelitis,” the (undeniably flawed) movie miraculously transcended its limitations to become a gathering point for heroic imagery drawn from American mythology. Considered in context, the film's unreasonable optimism, rooted in its characters' sincere desire to keep playing, is a powerful response to the political, economic, and social stresses of the late 1970s. To Wilker's surprise, despite repeated viewings, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training continues to move him. Its huge heart makes it not only the ultimate fantasy of the baseball-obsessed American boy, but a memorable iteration of that barbed vision of pure sunshine itself, the American dream.
Autorentext
Josh Wilker studied writing at Johnson State College and Vermont College. He has worked as a proofreader, copyeditor, teacher, bookstore clerk, liquor store clerk, truck loader, and gas station attendant. He writes about his childhood baseball cards at cardboardgods.net and in his book, Cardboard Gods. He lives with his wife in Chicago.
Titel
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Untertitel
A Novel Approach to Cinema
Autor
Editor
EAN
9781593764524
ISBN
978-1-59376-452-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.05.2011
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.08 MB
Anzahl Seiten
128
Jahr
2011
Untertitel
Englisch
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