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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: Slap Shot / Big Fan
Description: We won't mince words: Slap Shot is a criminally awful movie. Ostensibly, this film is a classic about one of our favorite sports - hockey. But the aggressively violent sexism and homophobia just cannot be reconciled even for the standards of 1977, let alone our current time. It's sad, because Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean are really acting their asses off, and the Hanson Brothers are legendary characters. Still, a grossly offensive script and meandering, aimless direction made this the worst movie Macintosh and Maud have ever seen.
Since we needed to wash the taste of that monstrosity out of our mou...