Picking Nits
Carla's route from Trenton to San Francisco via Spokane; Carla's wardrobe; a tournament ending at 178; the final-match scoring; little visible weight loss; scattered supporters at the final; Elmo smoking in the gym; a pop star in a Spokane bar
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- A talented pop singer playing a Spokane sports bar is overqualified, and the bar does not seem to check IDs.
- Driving or hitchhiking from Trenton to San Francisco would never pass through Spokane; the route was mapped at 31 to 33 hours.
- Carla never wears the same outfit twice despite hitchhiking, raising how many suitcases she has.
- The tournament oddly ends with the 178 weight class.
- The championship scoring jumps from 9-9 to 13-9 with points unseen; another participant thought the takedown and scoreboard added up, and a penalty point is floated.
- A producer's nitpick asks whether it would be better if he had to gain weight; it is felt that Modine does not visibly lose the weight, which could have been hidden with baggy clothes.
- At the final match his supporters are scattered across sections, with many cutaways.
- Elmo shoves a woman and lights a cigarette in a high school gym, compared with Elizabeth Perkins smoking everywhere in Big.