THE BLIND SIDE

The Blind Side is a heartwarming tale of a well-to-do football-loving family taking in a homeless African-American teen and introducing him to the wonders of family & football . . . or a narcissistic tale of a football-crazed white family taking in a black kid who's built like a tank and using him for their own purposes, whichever way you want to look at it. Even if you haven't watched this sappy-crappy flick, you more-than-likely know the "story" by now: Football-obsessed family takes in homeless black teen and--surprise of surprises!--they, uh-hum, encourage him to try out for the football team that the husband just happens to be the coach of and the wife--played by "vanilla" actress Sandra Bullock (who, of course, won an Oscar for her portrayal of the football-crazy wife even though it's basically the SAME act she's done all throughout her career!)--who just happens to be a HUGE supporter of said hubby's football team. Of course, defenders/lovers of this sappy-crappy "family" flick will no doubt argue that what said WHITE football-crazed family did was a good thing, that they love and care for said African-American homeless teen as if he were their own. Yeah, and I'm sure they would have felt the SAME way about this kid if he were a 90-pound weakling (and I bet they would've gotten the same amount of publicity for it too!). A sidenote: As everyone probably already knows by now, at around the same time Sandra "Vanilla" Bullock won her much-deserved (sarcasm alert!) Oscar for her role in this sappy-crappy flick it was revealed that her (formerly) beloved hubby Jesse "D-Bag" James was having an affair with noted crazed tattooed (purported) Nazi chick Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. Frankly, they should have cast Miss McGee in Sandra Bullock's role. Now THAT would have been a film worth watching!