The Bad News Bears (2005)

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The Bad News Bears vs The Bad N ...
by analogzombie in analogzombie Blog

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"Recently I had the pleasure to see the original Bad News Bears, and the Richard Linklater remake within 2 days of each other. How do they stack up? Well if the Walter Matthau coached team played the Billy Bob Thornton team, it'd be a tie, with both Tanners locked in a death struggle.Watching the original 1976 film I was struck by the amount of subtle rascism, child endangerment and outright viciousness. As compared to its more PC 2005 relative, the original is a lot more honest about the interactions of the kids and they bring a more beliveable performance to the movie. Some aspects were changed for PC reasons. Such as the omission of a scene in the original inwhich the lone black kid strips to his underwear and climbs a tree out of the frustration of losing. His obsession with Hank Aaron is subplanted nicely though, with Mark MacGuire. Making the remake version of his character, as one of the kids puts it, "Oreo".Other changes to the kids include the addition of more ethniciti ... " [More]

Bad News Bears - Murderball
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"By Tricia Olszewski A faithful remake of 1976’s Bad News Bears seemed an impossible project for 2005. And by “impossible,” I mean it’d be test-marketed straight to the shelf. Kids smoking? Yeah, right. A coach who drives while sipping from a whiskey-and-beer cocktail? Don’t think so. As for the racial slurs that flew out of the ballplayers’ mouths in the name of comedy, well, they wouldn’t exactly be considered family-friendly today. So anyone who loves Michael Ritchie and Bill Lancaster’s underdog story for its taboo-tweaking is probably regarding the redo with the same attitude the new Morris Buttermaker does his Little League duties: “Yeah, I got enthusiasm flyin’ out my ass.” But with a surprising PG-13 rating, Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater at the helm, and the folks behind Bad Santa on the script, the new Bears, I’m happy to report, will be offending all manner of sensibilities at a multi ... " [More]

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