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A League of Their Own

Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Dottie and Bob; the dropped ball; modern coverage; Mae's confession

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  • The discussion gives opposing predictions for Dottie and Bob's first night: energetic reunion versus brief, tender sex without strong chemistry.
  • Dottie is compared with Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk as a large, durable, star catcher.
  • Geena Davis refuses to say whether Dottie intentionally dropped the ball, while Lori Petty reportedly says she did not.
  • Both participants ultimately conclude the collision caused an unintentional drop, while acknowledging visual ambiguity and possible subconscious feeling.
  • One proposed fix has Dottie hold the ball while Kit beats the throw; the objection favors preserving the collision and error.
  • A contemporary media cycle is imagined attacking Dottie's preparation, absence, size advantage, and possible intent before a backlash defends her wellbeing.
  • The discussion invents newspaper investigations and headlines for Jimmy's conduct, Dottie's retirement and departure, the owner's threat, and the dropped ball.
  • The final question asks what Mae told the priest in confession; her recent escapades are the proposed answer.
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A League of Their Own

Who Won the Movie?

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  • Geena Davis is selected and immediately supported as the winner for her performance as Dottie.
  • Tom Hanks receives a separate alternate case.
  • Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell receive a separate alternate case as a pairing.
  • Penny Marshall receives a separate alternate case for shaping the film.
  • Geena Davis is reaffirmed as the consensus winner for an indelible performance.
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The Player

Roger Ebert's review

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The hosts discuss Roger Ebert’s four-star review and its description of the film as smart, funny, of its time, and a metaphor for 1980s avarice.

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  • Ebert awarded the film four stars.
  • The quoted review calls the movie smart and funny.
  • The quoted review says Hollywood functions as a metaphor for 1980s avarice.
  • The quoted review calls it the movie The Bonfire of the Vanities wanted to be.
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The Player

Most Rewatchable Scene

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The opening tracking shot wins over the party, Rialto murder, Habeas Corpus pitch and ending, awards speech, and Pasadena interrogation.

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  • The 7:47 opening tracking shot is nominated and ultimately selected.
  • The opening includes Buck Henry pitching The Graduate Part II.
  • The opening’s rapid movie-pitch mashups are praised.
  • Fred Ward discussing Touch of Evil while admitting gaps in his movie knowledge is praised.
  • The large party where Sidney Pollack appears is nominated.
  • The Burt Reynolds party exchange is praised.
  • Griffin confronting David Kahane at the Rialto and the ensuing murder are nominated.
  • The hotel-pool Habeas Corpus pitch is nominated.
  • Griffin’s generic black-tie speech about movies as art is nominated.
  • The one-year-later Habeas Corpus ending with Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis is nominated.
  • The final in-car pitch of The Player and Griffin’s homecoming are nominated.
  • The Pasadena interrogation with Lyle Lovett and Whoopi Goldberg is nominated.
  • Whoopi Goldberg’s tampon exchange is highlighted.
  • The lineup scene and Whoopi Goldberg’s pressure on the witness are praised.
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The Player

What’s Aged the Best?

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Early-1990s Los Angeles, the no-stars pitch, cameos, Randall Batinkoff, anonymous threats, and Hollywood-insider jokes lead aged-best.

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  • The pre-internet early-1990s Los Angeles movie world is praised.
  • Executives recoiling from a movie with no stars is praised.
  • Jeremy Piven’s pre-hairpiece appearance is highlighted.
  • Anjelica Huston and John Cusack visibly disliking Griffin is a favorite cameo moment.
  • Randall Batinkoff’s funny supporting role and failed star trajectory are highlighted.
  • The mystery-person postcard device is praised as reliably effective.
  • Brion James’s studio-chief presence is praised.
  • Larry Levy attending AA meetings to make deals despite not drinking is praised.
  • Malcolm McDowell’s cameo is praised.
  • The movie marks Sidney Pollack’s return to acting before a later run.
  • The running assumption that Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis fit every movie is praised.
  • The Pasadena insult is highlighted.
  • Griffin being served a different bottled-water brand in each venue is highlighted.
  • The movie’s insider view of powerful institutions is connected to later storytelling.
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The Player

What’s Aged the Worst?

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Spelling Entertainment, car phones and fax machines, the rattlesnake, Griffin’s police-station laugh, June’s characterization, clothes, and the Range Rover draw criticism.

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  • Spelling Entertainment’s credit alongside its television slate is treated as incongruous.
  • Car fax machines and giant mobile phones are dated.
  • June Gudmundsdottir’s unusually long name is questioned, then explained as common in Iceland.
  • The rattlesnake-in-the-car torment is questioned.
  • Griffin’s police-station laughing scene is considered overly broad.
  • June’s motivations and lack of suspicion toward Griffin are questioned.
  • The panel disputes whether the problem is Greta Scacchi’s performance or the character writing.
  • June is read as an intentionally distant noir-artist archetype.
  • The double-breasted clothes are criticized.
  • The Range Rover as a power vehicle is treated as dated.
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The Player

Casting What-Ifs

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Chevy Chase and John Travolta were considered for Griffin, and several cut cameos and cast relationships are discussed.

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  • Chevy Chase wanted to play Griffin, but Warner Bros. rejected the idea.
  • Robert Altman reportedly considered John Travolta for Griffin.
  • The panel prefers Robbins and notes his early-1990s career run.
  • Jeff Daniels golfing in surgical clothes and Patrick Swayze doing karate were filmed and cut.
  • Greta Scacchi and Vincent D’Onofrio were in a relationship and had a daughter.
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The Player

Recasting Couch

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Robert De Niro for Fred Ward’s role is the strongest recasting proposal, alongside multiple ideas for Bonnie.

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