In an effort to gain a better understanding of the sports culture that pervades almost every aspect of the Chicago lifestyle, my roommate Nicole and I watched the movie "Friday Night Lights" this evening. A quintessential (dare i say classic?) football tale, the film reproduces a tumultuous season of fall ball in Odessa (middle of nowhere), Texas. People love this movie and I can't quite wrap my head around why. To me it was just sad. And not sad because [SPOILER ALERT]
