Tag: wrestling
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Foxcatcher
The director of Capote and Moneyball is back with another excellent entry, Foxcatcher, based on a true story about Olympic wrestling and deep emotional manipulations. Foxcatcher is a riveting film about men grappling with other men in wrestling rings as well as with their resentment and jealousy outside the court. It’s a slow burn of…
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The Squared Circle – David Shoemaker
The world of pro wrestling is overrun with more than its share of historians, documentarians, biographers, and all manner of bargain bin mythmakers. On the other hand, from an academic side, one can only imagine all the painfully pedantic scrolls that have been dedicated to the mat game in the name of cultural studies. But,…