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Summary: When Chicagoan Steve Bartman fatefully deflected a foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the city's long-suffering Cubs fans found someone new to blame for their cursed century without a World Series title. Director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of die-hard sports fans, the frightening phenomenon of scapegoating, and the hysteria that turned mild-mannered Bartman into the most hated man in Chicago. (Tribeca Film Festival)
Well put together and doesn't brow beat you quite as much as it could have. Incredibly well handled through and through and extremely interesting to someone who is at all a baseball fan, let alone a cubs fan. Slightly disturbing for an outlook on the world, too.
Poor guy. Bartman did the same thing anyone would've done in the same situation and gets his life ruined for it. The Cubs are the most embarrassing franchise in sports history and using Bartman as a scapegoat is just pathetic, you're terrible get over yourselves. The movie itself is way too repetitive and lazy for its own good (director interviewing himself to convey a point). Interesting at times but falls short of being something worth revisiting ever again.
Seeks to drum up sympathy for Bartman and portray the fans as barbaric, all while glossing over the real culprit. Namely, THE MEDIA, which published the real name, age, address, and work of the previously unknown fan the day after the incident. Then, they made things worse by continuing to replay and mention the incident at every opportunity. It was too uncomfortable for director Alex Gibney, smiling so smugly in his own documentary, to look in the mirror when doling out the blame.
An intriguing documentary about how fan bases will often try to find scapegoats and then focus all their rage on them. It focuses mostly on Steve Bartman and Bill Buckner and shows the dark side of what fans are capable of. Certain moments can be somewhat tough to watch but it is a worthwhile experience for sports fan, even if it is a bit long and repetitive.