In which I Dodge a Potential Social Faux Pas
There has been some shuffling in the sports information office at the school I cover. A woman they hired has since left. Her replacement is, actually, the man she replaced. One of his sports is softball, and he returned at what proved to be tail end of a winning streak. The team split a doubleheader, dropping the first game.
After the first game the new SID said, "Well, now they're going blame me when the losses start coming."
"So you're like The Cooler," I said.
He had never heard of the movie. The film stars William H. Macy, the suddenly totally-fucking-awesome Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello. Macy plays a guy who works in a casino whose job it is to cool down people when they start making money at the tables. He meets Bello and his luck starts to change. The film also includes some extended nude scenes and fairly upsetting violence. I don't know what his feelings are about those things in movies. Suddenly, I fear that I've sent a person with whom I must maintain a working relationship to see a film that could completely offend him. That would be bad.
"It's a little dark," I added.
After the first game the new SID said, "Well, now they're going blame me when the losses start coming."
"So you're like The Cooler," I said.
He had never heard of the movie. The film stars William H. Macy, the suddenly totally-fucking-awesome Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello. Macy plays a guy who works in a casino whose job it is to cool down people when they start making money at the tables. He meets Bello and his luck starts to change. The film also includes some extended nude scenes and fairly upsetting violence. I don't know what his feelings are about those things in movies. Suddenly, I fear that I've sent a person with whom I must maintain a working relationship to see a film that could completely offend him. That would be bad.
"It's a little dark," I added.
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