Underdogs, or Worse?
John Clark hits a home run regarding sports films that are popular because we can identify more closely with the underdogs than the superstars (“It’s the Losers That We Love,” Aug. 20).
The public will always embrace the athlete that comes out of nowhere to be a superstar purely for the love of the game. We will continue to watch and root for them simply for the belief that one day we too could be that perfect.
JAMES COLE
Rancho Santa Margarita
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Clark writes that “the best sports films star underdogs like us.” Many of “us” are insulted and incensed by any film, article, book, commentary, etc., that glorifies strikebreakers.
In 1904, Jack London wrote the following: “A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts he carries a tumor of rotten principles. A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class!”
Sorry, John, “The Replacements” is not “a movie about a bunch of appealing guys who play a game they love.” It’s about scabs!
RAY MARIN
Los Angeles
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