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Bigger, Stronger, Faster Movie Takes On Steroids
From Sly Stallone to Hulk Hogan, it’s kinda crazy that so many of our ’80s childhood heroes were actually juice junkies. Sure, ’roids are all the rage now, with all the scandals surrounding baseball’s biggest names, but the controversial hormones have a deep-seeded history in America.
The new documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (which opens Friday in select theatres) examines America’s obsession with being brolic at any cost. Told through the eyes of director Christopher Bell (a former writer for the WWE) and his two steroid-swigging brothers, the movie looks at the big issue by showing how society’s expectations have effected his own family. Watch the trailer below.
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I was happy to see the producers, Magnolia, ultra liberal producers who produced Michael Moore’s biggest hit F 9/11, found a way to make America the culprit for steroids and not the person taking them illegally. It’s the American obsession to win at all costs that causes the steroids to jump out of the container and into a person’s body. The makers of the film also point out that Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter busted for steroids during the Olympics, was a scapegoat–as if the American government chose him specifically and not the Olympic officials who actually did the testing. Of course, there’s likely no mention of any American athletes like Marion Jones having her medals stripped. I’m assuming the Canadian government was behind that to use Jones as a scapegoat. If there’s a way to pin a problem on America or our culture, and we can do it in a movie we show all over the world, LET’S DO IT!!!!
Comment by Kevin A. — June 1, 2008 #