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Remember The Titans:Quarterback Sneak

Sports movies, in a way, are like murder mysteries. The denoument of plots in both genres follow a simple, predictable pattern. The athlete or team in a sports movie must train hard, and then overcome obstacles and challenges on the way to the Big Game, which they will either win or lose, depending on what kind of movie it is. Murder mysteries aren't that different; the detective interprets the clues, overcoming obstacles and challenges along the way before the identity of the murderer is uncovered.

These genres work (to the extent that they do) on the drama created in the struggles getting to the Big Game or the courtroom showdown, not necessarily on the actual conclusion of those events. (If you want proof of this, watch an old Columbo rerun; the Columbo shows always gave away the ending at the first and then made the drama hinge on whether Peter Falk could figure out the clues or not.) When watching a movie like Remember The Titans, we know going in that the team is going to win ...

Posted by: Adriana Alvarez

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