If somebody just gives them the boost, kids can forget what "other
people think." It's one of those "messages" that comes blaring out of
the newest "kid as sports phenom/role model to America" films to hit
DVD just in time for Christmas.
"The Longshots,"
based on the true story of the Jasmine Plummer, the first girl to lead
a boys Pop Warner football team to the national championships, got
so-so reviews when it was making the rounds of the theatres over the
summer. But I've always had a thing for those stories of the girls
playing "boys" sports, and when you're talking the real deal . . . a
shy, smart girl who simply has physical talents . . . who cares that
the director used to bounce around a stage telling the world he did it
all for the "Nookie?"
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