the Jackie Robinson thread

I love that. It’s a wonderful film. Watched it again recently.

I still haven't seen it because the Ken Burns documentary set the bar so high I'm resigned to being disappointed. My brother-in-law says I have to see it.

It’s obviously not remotely documentary but it captures the importance of the event and it’s visceral. The film as I saw it very much encourages you to draw parallels between “controversial” contemporary parts of the game, like bat flipping and showmanship, and the whole thing with playing the game the “right” way. I’m not explaining it very well, but Boseman is a wonderful Jackie.

and Alan Tudyk is pretty great at being the ermmm, the thing he had to be.