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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

443.0. "White Men Can't Jump" by REGENT::POWERS () Mon Jan 31 1994 09:03

No topic yet for White Men Can't Jump?

I rented it over the weekend, and found it passable and fairly believable,
but I need some explanations....

Did Sidney hustle Billy into losing the whole $1700?
What did Sidney gain, since they lost the game?
Was it a setup with the street players in Watts?
If so, the leadup before Billy showed up was unnecessarily deceitful (in movie
making terms).

How come Gloria didn't pay off the Stucci Bros. before she left?
And what did they do?  Take partial payment from Billy (How much did he 
and Sidney win from the King and the Duck?) and fake the killing
for their own purposes?

- tom]

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
443.1		7361::MAIEWSKI		`Mon Jan 31 1994 09:54`	29
	I saw this a while back and I kind of liked it. Different role for Woodie. It was not what I'd call a great movie, but it was good fun, definitely worth renting. George RE the questions concerning what happened: It's been a while and I'm not sure of this but as I remember: >Did Sidney hustle Billy into losing the whole $1700? Yes, I believe so. >Was it a setup with the street players in Watts? Yes. >What did Sidney gain, since they lost the game? Most likely he split the money with the guys from Watts. >If so, the leadup before Billy showed up was unnecessarily deceitful (in movie >making terms). I'm not sure what you mean by this. A con has to be deceitful or it won't work.
443.2		REGENT::POWERS		`Tue Feb 01 1994 08:59`	16
	Spoiler follow-up... >>If so, the leadup before Billy showed up was unnecessarily deceitful (in movie >>making terms). > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. A con has to be deceitful or it won't >work. It was deceitful to the movie audience, especially considering the stuff with the big black guy going to his car for his gun to knock over the liquor store to get his stake for a bet. I don't think Billy (Woodie) was even there for that part, so who but the movie viewers was this setup supposed to deceive? - tom]
443.3		7361::MAIEWSKI		`Tue Feb 01 1994 09:41`	11
	Oh, I thought you were talking about ... spoiler ... the basketball game in Watts. There deception was necessary to make the scam work. I don't remember a guy going to his car for a gun but it's been a while. Mostly I remember the basketball games and the thugs chasing Woodie around. George
443.4	New hoops terminology	TNPUBS::NAZZARO	Gentleness overcomes strength	`Fri Feb 04 1994 13:51`	6
	This movie is a big favorite of both my sons (ages 15 and 12, both avid basketball players). My 15 year old loves to inform opponents when one of his teammates is burning his defender for a couple of easy baskets "Opie be p*ssin' on you!" NAZZ