The great SCOUT TAFOYA (The Unloved, But God Made Him a Poet: Watching John Ford in the 21st Century, The Black Book: An Anthony Mann Reader) joins us for a lively conversation on all manner of topics centered around Ron Howard's period boxing drama CINDERELLA MAN. We discuss strong performances from Crowe, Zellweger and Giamatti, Howard's nebulous positions on topics political and social, the power of well-executed melodrama, the value of a well places cell phone to the dome, the absolute travesty done to Max Baer, and the enduring mystery of why the hell this prime cut of Oscar bait was released on the first weekend of June?!

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The Unloved:

https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/scout-tafoya

But God Made Him a Poet: https://www.amazon.com/But-God-Made-Him-Poet/dp/B0D97P3TP3

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