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Glory Road
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Glory Road is an American film directed by James Gartner, released on January 13, 2006.The film is based on a true story dealing with the events leading to the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship,note At the time, the NCAA didn't sponsor women's sports (that didn't happen until 1981–82), and the NCAA membership was divided into the University and College Divisions. In 1973, the NCAA adopted its current three-division setup. The University Division became today's Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II (with limited athletic scholarships) and Division III (no such scholarships). in which Don Haskins, head coach of the Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) led a team with an all-black starting lineup, a first in NCAA history. The film follows a semi-fictional version of this tale, leading up to the championship game against powerhouse Kentucky and its all-white lineup. | |
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White Man's Burden | |
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White Man's Burden: A variation - Instead of a single impoverished minority, it's an entire starting lineup. | |
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It Will Never Catch On | |
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It Will Never Catch On: Pre-Character Development, trainer Ross Moore feels this way about having more than a token black player or two on a college team. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
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Artistic License – History: The film makes it seem like Don Haskins was hired by Texas Western in 1965, right before the start of the 1966 season, when in reality he was hired by them in 1961. The film also makes it seem like Haskins recruited all seven of the African-American members of the '66 championship squad in the same year, whereas in real life Orsten Artis and Harry Flournoy were the first to be recruited in '62, Nevil Shed and Bobby Joe Hill following in '63, and Willie Cager, Willie Worsley, and David Lattin lastly in '64. | |
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Disney argued that this was a case of Adaptation Distillation; they couldn't show each game where the team had racial slurs thrown at them. | |
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Education Mama | |
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Education Mama: Mrs. Flournoy is excited when her son is admitted to a university to play basketball and flies out to Texas to embarrass him in class upon hearing that he's been falling behind in his studies. | |
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Bathroom Stall of Overheard Insults: Inverted. As several white coaches and reporters inside the bathroom stalls make racist comments about the Miners, one of them steps out and sees Haskins standing by the sink with a Death Glare. | |
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Underdogs Never Lose | |
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Underdogs Never Lose: Yes and no. In real life, Texas Western was ranked #2 in the country going into the NCAA tournament, but Texas Western were still perceived as an underdog due to racism and questions about the level of competition they had faced during the season.note Texas Western, hundreds of miles away from any traditional basketball powers, only played one ranked team before the NCAA tournament (Iowa, which they beat handily). It's generally accepted that racist officials calling their games were often biased against the team because of their all-black starting lineup. Beating all-white Kentucky (ranked #1) is considered a landmark victory for a reason. | |
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Anti-Villain: Coach Rupp is portrayed as being potentially racist and a Sore Loser, but has some redeeming traits. He's A Father to His Men, speaking encouragingly to his players rather than blowing up at them once they start losing. He doesn't resort to cheating or personal attacks during the game. And he eventually lets black players onto his team, as detailed in the epilogue. | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story; To the point that Texas A&M University-Commerce (East Texas State when the film was set) demanded Disney to apologize for portraying them very negatively. Disney argued that this was a case of Adaptation Distillation; they couldn't show each game where the team had racial slurs thrown at them. | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: Jerry Armstrong in the tumultuous locker room scene following the first loss of the season. | |
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