Negative Space: football
- North Dallas Forty
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The “Any Given Sunday” of 1979, and probably as controversial. I was willing to see Nick Nolte in any number of crappy movies after North Dallas Forty (I think I gave up after 48 hours).
- The Waterboy
- Adam Sandler’s Rags to Riches on the foosball field, with a very sexy down-home Fairuza Balk showing off her boobies. But only to Adam, not to the audience: this is a PG-13 flick. Violence only is allowed.
- Why not support government unions? You support NFL unions!
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Either teachers unions don’t understand the difference between the private and public sectors, or they want to force us to pay for NFL season tickets regardless of whether we watch football.
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- Seething Midwest Explodes Over Lombardi Cartoons
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“Like a pot of bratwurst left unattended at a Lambeau Field pregame party, simmering tensions in the strife-torn Midwest boiled over once again today as rioting mobs of green-and-gold clad youth and plump farm wives rampaged through Wisconsin Denny’s and IHOPs, burning Texas toast and demanding apologies and extra half-and-half.”
“The spark igniting the latest tailgate hibachi of unrest: a Texas newsletter's publication of caricatures of legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi.”
“Protestors demonstrated against the images throughout the Badger State yesterday, with violent egging and cow-tipping incidents reported in…”
- Reel Life: North Dallas Forty
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In the Sept. 16, 1979, Washington Post, offensive tackle George Starke wrote, “Most of what you see is close to what happens, or at least did happen when Pete Gent played.”
