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Re: Completely agree

I thoroughly enjoyed the film. I do not know the boxing history. I do not think that Howard was making a boxing film in the sense of trying to be authentic by dotting every "i" and crossing every "t". Rather, I think that the point in the film was to demonstrate how a man was able to rise from a very humble background, not only with the physical odds against him, but also the societal odds and the boxing estalblishment odds against him. I think that film did a very good job of helping me to learn about Braddock the man, not the boxer. I would venture to guess that Braddock himself was more proud of his strong family and his hard work providing for them than his success in the ring. I think that it was this human story that Howard was telling. The boxing story was the macguffin.

And to this end the story diverged from Seabiscuit. If Seabiscuit fails, what is lost? A wealthy entrepeneaur goes on the the next project. If Braddock fails, maybe he looses his children. His marriage. Seabiscuit overcame the physical odds, but most athletes will tell you that the physical difficulties of succeeding are less than the mental difficulties. Braddock had both. Unless you believe that a horse worries about putting food on the table.

These points are made more poignant in the D.V.D. hearing Braddock's grandchildren discussing him. Though they talked about him as a boxer, most of their comments were to him as a man - his love of his wife, children, faith, etc. This, they said, Howard got absolutely right.

Was Cinderalla Man like Rocky? Rocky was about a boxer. Cinderalla Man was about a good, hardworking family man who happened to be a boxer.

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