I can see why people pitched such a fit over Varsity Blues. Back when it came out the reception was nothing short of unabashed horror. Who can blame the public? A movie depiciting the most racially stereotypical example of white people of that time. And then to set it in Texas? The nerve. But while everyone (of a particular group) was so wrapped up in the surface of the movie, they completely missed the symbolism of the whole thing. The overtly oppressive ruler who everyone is afraid to stand up to..and individual who they go as far as explaining away the wretched behavior of. And it takes the demise of more than one individual on the receiving end to get one person to lead the charge and rise up against the oppressor.
If those athletes are nota reference for....any number of troubled groups of people anywhere in the world. And that ridiculous man of a coach who did nothing but use them to further his own needs. How did people not see this when they flocked to the movies? Why do we rarely bother to look beyond the surface of things? The world would be a little grittier but so much more enriching.
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