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Great movie, great story


I'm watching this in my contemporary political issues class because we're talking about the civil rights movement and how it expanded past just African Americans. Before this we watched the movie 42. I noticed some similarities between Jackie's story and Brendan Fraisers in School Ties. They're both recruited to win games, despite the stigma connected to their respective races. Also, in the football scenes, Brendan's jersey number is 42. Coincidence? Anyway, I like this flick and I can't wait to finish it.

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Great point!

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Also the guys were singing the song "Smokey Joe's Cafe which was originally sung by an African American group called "The Robins".

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Gentlemen, we all have to live here. You're not going to bring the jungle into my house..

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