Herrington: Rewatching ‘The Blind Side’ after Oher/Tuohy revelations
Quinton Aaron depicted Michael Oher in “The Blind Side,” which was nominated for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards. (Credit: Warner Brothers Entertainment)
“The story ‘The Blind Side’ tells is built on a matrix of hot-button issues: Race, wealth, religion, public and private schools, as well as high school and college football. That matrix is fertile ground for problems of inequity, exploitation and paternalism. In other words, this garden is actually a minefield.”
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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