I liked this movie .. . but you people from the south scare me.
*Warning, unfair generalization fllows*
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
I thought this quote by Ebert summed it up really welll:
Quote:
"You have the responsibility of protecting this team and this school and this town." -- Coach Gary Gaines
Protecting them against what? We're not talking about war here, we're talking about high school football. And yet as "Friday Night Lights" unfolds, we begin to understand: The role of the team is to protect against the idea that the town is inconsequential and its citizens are insignificant. If Gaines can lead the Odessa Permian team to a state championship, that will prove that Odessa is a place of consequence, a center of power and glory. Well won't it?
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It is frightening that there are significant parts of America where the level of experience and sophistication peaks in the hero worship of high school football players. Ouch.
Also, whenever I see something really wierd on Cops or with police in general, its always in the South.
Patrolmen with assault rifles shooting the family dog. Patrolmen with assault rifles shooting unarmed kneeling black men.
The South must be a scary place to live.