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Thursday May 13, 2021
Ep. 77 - The Legend of Bagger Vance
Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
Audiences and critics don't have much affection for The Legend Of Bagger Vance, but we were moved by it. Robert Redford's genial golf movie stars some very good actors and it has some touching moments. Then again, it's also got a lot of tonal problems and it isn't very focused.
The dynamic of having real-life golfers Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones trade tee shots with Matt Damon's fictional character works well enough, but Will Smith is clearly playing an angel or God or something. That's a big reason Chris thought Bagger Vance has more in common with Field Of Dreams than with Tin Cup or Happy Gilmore. It's also a film that's too pleasant (or too indifferent?) to deal with racism in a movie set in Georgia in the 1930s. Redford tried to tackle a dozen other issues, so why avoid that one? Anyway, the links await you golfers this spring and so does our gab about the wise young caddy.
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