• S07E06: The Express

  • May 4 2023
  • Length: 27 mins
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S07E06: The Express

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  • [NB: Due to file-corruption issues, this episode's sound isn't stellar; apologies for any inconvenience!] Critics were kindly disposed towards The Express, a well-meaning Ernie Davis bio-pic that seems to count on knee-jerk positive responses to 1) sports movies that 2) defy bigotry. It's done well, mostly, even though the dialogue really isn't how people speak to each other, mostly, and the traditional football-feelm structure wastes certain excellent actors while giving others more than they can handle -- so we're landing on "creditable, but not crucial." The Quaidosity is a more ambiguous prospect; after SDB regrettably uses the phrase "liminal space," we ponder the changing nature of the "qua" in "Quaid Qua Quaid," and DQ's transition from rakish pilot to avuncular coach/cop. Will Roy Williams-branded cliché containers, teratomae of movie rage, and the birth of a weird Brittany Murphy runner add up to a victory for our side? Overall score: 5 QQQ score: 7.25 Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 426 Don't Say A Word counter: 1 SHOW NOTES Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/quaidinfullpod) Get EVEN MORE Qontent (...sorry) at our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/quaidinfull) Peter Hartlaub's at the Chron (https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-The-Express-3265995.php) SDB Blind Side rage (https://tomatonation.com/culture-and-criticism/the-blind-side-and-avatar-lets-congratulate-ourselves-on-re-colonizing-the-other-with-weaponized-syrup/) "I'll never teh-elll" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFk2_5RkwlA)
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