The Best There Ever Was in the Game
Musical Mythopoesis and Heroism in Film Scores of Recent Sports Movies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11353049 |
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| Authors | Timothy E Scheurer (Shawnee State University, corresponding author), Timothy Scheurer |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 157-166 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Popular Film and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6051 • E-ISSN: 1930-6458 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3200/jpft.33.4.157-167 |
| OpenAlex | W4239118198 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The scores for The Natural (1984), Hoosiers (1986), and Rudy (1993) play an important role in the construction of a mythology of a sports hero who embodies key aspects of the American Dream and the American myth of success and who is able to regenerate his community through heroic achievement
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Computer security · Dream · HERO · Key (lock · Literature · Musical · Mythology · Natural (archaeology · Computer Science · History · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Highly cited | No |
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