Bull Durham Script

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I'm not going to lie to you and try to tell you that Bull Durham wasn't about baseball. That's mostly what it was about. But, it was also about people, and sex, and a bit of mysticism.

Not sure how or why, but I tripped over a link to the screenplay. It's richer, darker, possibly funnier, but definitely more touching than the movie was. I was particularly taken with its very open view of sexuality, sensuality and gender. If you do nothing else, just word-seach on "panties" and skip through it. Oh, and read the ending. It's nice.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/b/bull-durham-scr...

The other thing about the script is it's damned well written, a regular workshop in dialog and description!

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It's about baseball?

I never thought that movie was about baseball. That's just a frame, a jar, and every story needs one - a castle in Denmark, beside a road nowhere, a real estate office somewhere, a high school musical, whatever - but that isn't what they're 'about', is it?