The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Author: Wilker, Josh
ISBN: 9781593764180
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Jun 2011
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
In 1977, i>The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training/i> had a moment in the sun. A glowing junk sculpture of American genressports flick, coming-of-age story, family melodrama, after-school special, road narrativethe film cashed in on the previous year's success of its predecessor, i>The Bad News Bears/i>. 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.br>br>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.br>br>To Wilker's surprise, despite repeated viewings, i>The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training/i> 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.
ISBN: 9781593764180
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Jun 2011
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
In 1977, i>The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training/i> had a moment in the sun. A glowing junk sculpture of American genressports flick, coming-of-age story, family melodrama, after-school special, road narrativethe film cashed in on the previous year's success of its predecessor, i>The Bad News Bears/i>. 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.br>br>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.br>br>To Wilker's surprise, despite repeated viewings, i>The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training/i> 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.
