Glory Road
SCORE: 66
I had received Glory Road as a gift at some point. It may have been
my birthday in August of 2022. It is one of those movies I finally got
around to. I knew there would most likely be challenges with watching
Glory Road. I did not know how many until I went and did research into
what really happened. Hollyhate strikes again with their mental illness
of having to redefine things. The real story is so much more
interesting. There will be spoilers in this review.
Glory Road is extremely loosely based on the story of Don Haskins the
coach of Texas Western University. This basketball team would go on to
win the NCAA Tournament in 1966. Glory Road shows this team faced all
kinds of hatred because of the color of their skin. Glory Road teaches
that white people are keeping black people down. Glory Road also teaches
that white people need to step aside for black people to do what they
want to do.
Glory Road makes a big deal that the 1966 NCAA Championship game was the
first time there was an all black team starting. The thing is there had
been plenty of other NCAA championship teams with three or four black
starters. Glory Road is extremely disingenuous on this point. Glory Road
also makes Texas Western University look like the underdog when they
were ranked third in the nation.
The issues families can have with Glory Road is lack of attire, bad
language, racism, and more. There are more racial slurs slung at white
people than black people in Glory Road. It is interesting that the white
people do not react to being called racial slurs and hate speech. The
black people freak out when it happens to them. What does that tell us
about Glory Road? I will let you make your own call.
My biggest concern with Glory Road is the racial lies and exaggerations
that are told. I have talked to some people who have this racial hate
against white people from what the movies tell them. Not from real world
experiences. How are movies like Glory Road making the world a better
place? Glory Road also diminishes real people who have faced real
racism. Lies and exaggerations from Glory Road only increase skeptics. I
wish Glory Road had stuck to the facts.
- Paul
Video: 65%
Audio: 60%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Functionality: 65%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: DVD
Publisher: Walt Disney Pictures
Developer: Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: ‘PG’ for Parental Guidance Suggested
{racial issues including violence and epithets, and mild language}
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