Three or four years ago I sent out to the fam a very long article about a Christian family in Memphis who had adopted a black football player. The magazine story about Michael Orr included a reference to BYU online courses (that saved Michael's GPA so he could get into college), and also a reference to Mormons going to hell--all in good fun of course. ;) Anybody remember that story?
Well now they have made a movie about it. And a couple of weeks ago The Blindside blindsided New Moon and took over the top movie spot for a week or so. Anyway it's a pretty fun movie with Sandra Bullock--though a bit too slick for my taste. Sandra Bullock, who I really like, was typical Sandra, and really just a caricature of the real woman who took Michael in. The movie is good for a few laughs, but the story itself is wonderful. As for Michael, he's been drafted into the NFL to play for the Ravens. His contract is for 13.8 million dollars for five years. A happy ending to a difficult life that would never in a million years turned out as it did without the help he got from his rich, white, Christian family.
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