Producer review
About twenty-five minutes too long; dragging sex-worker scenes; Jesus’s unusually unprotected high-school life for a future top pick
In the discussion (8)
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- The producer explains that his parents' child-rearing years left him with a gap in 1990s movie knowledge.
- He agrees that the film could be about twenty-five minutes shorter. — Craig Horlbeck
- The eight-minute Milo Jobovich stretch is his clearest example of the excess length. — Craig Horlbeck
- He is struck that a nationally known future top pick still attends school and plays in public without a protective structure. — Craig Horlbeck
- The hosts answer that this reflects the pre-AAU and pre-social-media era.
- LeBron is identified as the first high-school player whose fame felt nationally inescapable.
- The later mixtape and social-media eras are described as distinct stages in high-school-player celebrity.
- The closing explicitly credits producer Craig Horroback in the machine transcript. — Bill Simmons