Fixing the Game

By: Keir Hichens
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  • Summary

  • Field of Dreams is a canonically American story -- in more ways than one. The film evokes nostalgia for the American family farm, forgotten heroes, and one man’s quest to bring baseball home to Iowa. It's also segregated by gender and race, actively avoiding fundamental parts of the American story. Five-part series hosted by Keir Hichens, written as a summer research project.
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Baseball & Softball Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • The Reserve Clause

    The Reserve Clause
    Aug 18 2021

    Times have changed since the early 20th century - but the "Noble Lie" lives on. In this short bridge between 1919 and today, we examine one man's story often left untold: Curt Flood and the end of the Reserve Clause.

    Music:

    Lively Classical Piano Waltz by MusicLFiles, Soft Classical Piano by MusicLFiles, Ostsee by Sascha Ende. License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
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    10 mins
  • The Noble Lie

    The Noble Lie
    Jul 12 2021

    A World Series: fixed by mobsters. A social hierarchy: fixed by white rulers. A game: fixed by team owners. What happens when the foundation of a structure is a lie? From Plato to Du Bois to Shoeless Joe, we explore the "Noble Lie."

    Music:

    Lively Classical Piano Waltz by MusicLFiles, Soft Classical Piano by MusicLFiles, Ostsee by Sascha Ende. License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
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    18 mins
  • Family Values

    Family Values
    Mar 14 2021

    Field of Dreams presents three of its main characters as products of the “protest movement” of the 1960s – but the film’s messaging directly contradicts the movements for civil rights, free speech, and second-wave feminism.

    Music:

    Lively Classical Piano Waltz by MusicLFiles, Soft Classical Piano by MusicLFiles, Ostsee by Sascha Ende, and Prairie Sounds by Liancu. License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
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    25 mins

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