| Details | Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport, offering a sunny rendering of the American Dream—both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. Film, which mythologizes all it touches, is the ideal medium to glorify this aspirational idea. Film critic Noah Gittell sheds light on classics and overlooked gems while exploring how baseball cinema creates a stage upon which the American Dream is born, performed, and repeatedly redefined. |
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