I just finished wating The King of Kong (A Fistful of Quarters), and think this is right up your alley. Talk about social crevices…It chronicals the competition to top Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong score from 1984ish, and is full of geeks, as it is devoid of females. There’s this whole movement surrounding the film, which I at first thought was a joke a la The Onion Movie, but it is real.

“Neither Agee nor Gates made the NBA. Nonetheless, both young men were able to turn the film’s success and their subsequent fame into a better life for themselves and their families. They took the money generated from the film and bought better housing. Additionally Arthur Agee, the younger of the two basketball players, launched a foundation promoting higher education for inner city youth and began the “Hoop Dreams” sportswear line in 2006. Gates has also risen above his earlier circumstances while giving back to the community as senior pastor at Living Faith Community Center in Cabrini-Green, where he works at the Kids’ Club.”

Holy mother. It’s great.

Anyway.

I think that may have influenced my opinion since i was watching from a psychological perspective, expecting a more psychological approach to the subject matter. needless to say i was not really impressed. but then basketball and its influences has never really interested me either.

but, i guess i’m in the minority about this.