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7 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

I just rewatched Vision Quest a few times this weekend. Idk but this essay seems right for the most part: https://1morefilmblog.com/2017/04/02/the-queer-beauty-of-vision-quest/

Huh, I guess every guy who gets down to skivvies for weigh ins or naked in the locker room or scouts his opponent should be thought of the same way.  Quite a good chance they are gay.  Thanks for posting this.  Really making me think. 
 

Didn’t see any mention of the privileged white racism that never was addressed in the movie.  Step up your game.

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27 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

Huh, I guess every guy who gets down to skivvies for weigh ins or naked in the locker room or scouts his opponent should be thought of the same way.  Quite a good chance they are gay.  Thanks for posting this.  Really making me think. 
 

Didn’t see any mention of the privileged white racism that never was addressed in the movie.  Step up your game.

(eye roll)

I get what you are saying: none of the wrestling stuff in the film is gay.  But step back from the question of mimetic accuracy for a second. Why is the filmmaker making those decisions? Why does Swain get his Ultra Flexes from the gay guy at the hotel? Why does Swain do Tai Chi in his warm up?

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This makes me think back many years to a friend I had in college.  We were both struggling to make any sense of some BS Social Science elective we were taking. I think it was Philosophy, Psycology or something where we were always looking for the reasons behind our actions.  One day in class the professor brought up baseball players spitting.  He explained that there were various reasons for it.  The only two I can remember were because everyone else was doing it you had to follow along, and because someone you admired did it.  My buddy muttered "Sometimes you just gotta spit" just loud enough so everyone could hear it.  The class roared its approval.

Sometimes you can way overthink things.  Sometimes you just gotta spit.  Sometimes you gotta strip to make weight.  End of story.  I sure didn't see all of this in the movie.  Ignorance is Bliss, I guess.

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1 hour ago, BerniePragle said:

This makes me think back many years to a friend I had in college.  We were both struggling to make any sense of some BS Social Science elective we were taking. I think it was Philosophy, Psycology or something where we were always looking for the reasons behind our actions.  One day in class the professor brought up baseball players spitting.  He explained that there were various reasons for it.  The only two I can remember were because everyone else was doing it you had to follow along, and because someone you admired did it.  My buddy muttered "Sometimes you just gotta spit" just loud enough so everyone could hear it.  The class roared its approval.

Sometimes you can way overthink things.  Sometimes you just gotta spit.  Sometimes you gotta strip to make weight.  End of story.  I sure didn't see all of this in the movie.  Ignorance is Bliss, I guess.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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