Last night Kristen and I went to see Glory Road. I’ve wanted to see it since I first saw the trailer several months ago. Overall it was a good story. As Kristen and I joked during the movie… it’s not like we didn’t know they were going to win all along… so in that regard the story was a little well-worn.
Contrary to what some fans of "big programs" have said… I am glad that they portrayed it as a tough road racially. Why? Because it was probably a lot worse than Disney portrayed. Even though fans aren’t OK with it, Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp was most likely just like the typcial white man living in the 1960’s. I even remember as a kid hearing a lot of the same comments that were made in the movie and I grew up 20+ years later. Remember Jimmy the Greek? That happened in 1998 and not 1968. I would like to think that today things are a little better.
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