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Over analyzing "The Sandlot"
Posted on 5/4/11 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 5/4/11 at 5:46 pm
eta: I pressed enter before filling out the body of the message, but begin discussions anyway 
This post was edited on 5/4/11 at 6:14 pm
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Posted on 5/4/11 at 5:57 pm to foreverLSU
FOREVVVVEEEERRRRRR
Posted on 5/4/11 at 6:00 pm to foreverLSU
Smalls was obviously a book smart kid. So when he didn't know who The Great Bambino was, why didn't he go to the library and look through some encyclopedias or books? Kid probably had his own set of encyclopedias, I never understood why he didn't do his research.
As book smart as he was, why couldn't he grasp the concept of 'smores?
If anyone had a legit shot with Wendy Peffercorn, it would have been Benny, not Squints.
How could they spend all that time next door to Mr. Myrtle's house and NEVER see the man? In all those years? I know the guy was blind but he had to have stepped out for some fresh air every now and then.
How could they play an honest game against the Little League team without one umpire? Ham was getting to call the strikes behind home plate? I don't think so.
As book smart as he was, why couldn't he grasp the concept of 'smores?
If anyone had a legit shot with Wendy Peffercorn, it would have been Benny, not Squints.
How could they spend all that time next door to Mr. Myrtle's house and NEVER see the man? In all those years? I know the guy was blind but he had to have stepped out for some fresh air every now and then.
How could they play an honest game against the Little League team without one umpire? Ham was getting to call the strikes behind home plate? I don't think so.
This post was edited on 5/4/11 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 5/4/11 at 6:02 pm to foreverLSU
The Sandlot is a metaphor for David Evans's feelings of existential nihilism... the bases representing arbitrary platforms upon which we must often plant ourselves for no reason other than the bat of sheer fortune strikes the ball of inane opportunity. At the end, the players fading from the screen symbolizes the futility wrought by standing on these dirt-covered platforms of abject nothingness. Were they ever really there? Was their struggle against the dog meaningful to their existence? The mere possibility of saying nay to these inquiries is proof enough that The Sandlot is a vacuum in which there is not even a crevice of significance.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 6:34 pm to foreverLSU
I always wondered what happened to Bertram. At the end the narrator says "Bertram got really into the 60s and no one ever saw him again." What the hell happened to him?
Also the actor who played Bertram, Grant Gelt, the last movie he was in was "The 60s" in '99
Also the actor who played Bertram, Grant Gelt, the last movie he was in was "The 60s" in '99
Posted on 5/4/11 at 6:58 pm to foreverLSU
i love you so much
Posted on 5/5/11 at 12:10 am to foreverLSU
Last year I had an idea to write a blog about how the Sandlot teaches everything you need to know about the male experience from adolescence to adulthood. I feel like I should return to that idea and try and put words to paper.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 8:19 am to foreverLSU
I was always curious how Kenny, (the black kid who pitched), was allowed to play with those white kids in the early 1960's.
Even more so, how was he able to swim in the white community pool?
remember this was all happening right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement
I would assume this would explain why Mr. Mertle was such an unknown to the kids and never seen by them. He probably didnt get out of the house much because of the rampant racial discrimination of that time
Even more so, how was he able to swim in the white community pool?
remember this was all happening right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement
I would assume this would explain why Mr. Mertle was such an unknown to the kids and never seen by them. He probably didnt get out of the house much because of the rampant racial discrimination of that time
Posted on 5/5/11 at 10:24 am to foreverLSU
I don't know about over analyzing the movie but I guarantee that I tell someone....Ur Killin me Smalls... at least once per week for the past 20 years. Can't get it out of my head!
Posted on 5/5/11 at 3:13 pm to foreverLSU
I never knew how they got a complete game of baseball at night using fireworks for lighting. Must have been a long arse fireworks display.
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