I expected to like 42: a baseball movie with good triumphing over evil.
I did like it, though I know the struggle against racism continues. And I'm sure the movie whitewashed (pardon the pun) much of the bigotry and racism.
A few things stood out for me:
I didn't know from where I recognized the actress who played Rachel Robinson until I saw the credits: it was Nicole Beharie from Sleepy Hollow.
The racist Philadelphia manager was played by Alan Tudyk, my beloved Wash from Firefly.
"Robinson round third, headed for home sweet home." This was a line written by Wendell Smith, the black sports writer who cannot sit in the (all white) press box.
A young boy catches a ball that Jackie throws from a train. I asked Jeff if he was going to be someone famous, such as Hank Aaron. In the end credits, he was identified as Ed Charles, a member of my beloved Mets, the 1969 Miracle-Mets version.
I also loved one of the end credit songs with the line," Life is a ballgame, but you got to play it fair."
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