The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
The film humanizes its offensive dialogue; replace the striptease with a conventional victory; a Minnesota sequel.
In the discussion (3)
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- The film reckons with its offensive language by giving Suzanne a genuine human scene and making Reggie sexually accepting; its locker-room speech also reflects the period.
- Replace Ned's striptease with him fighting McCracken and the team winning conventionally. The objection is that this sacrifices Ned's principles, though he already uses dirty tactics.
- A sequel following the team to Minnesota would have been welcome.