I haven't seen the film yet, but I will. The original story, which was in the L.A. Times magazine, was some of the best journalism I ever read. "A story in 15 rounds." The themes are profound, and it revolves around pretending to be someone, and who the real champ is. The way the character of the man, or men -- and that includes the journalist -- peel open like an onion, and make men especially meditate on what it is to be a father, to have a father, and to be and have a son -- it's probably the only magazine article ever that made me cry like a baby. I hope the real reporter got a little bread for his effort.
There's one thing especially that sticks out, all these years later, and that's the pivotal scene where the reporter describes his meetings with his own divorced father, which usually were in airports and the like, and it's so intriguing how the search for the truth about this hobo reveals so much about us all.
There's one thing especially that sticks out, all these years later, and that's the pivotal scene where the reporter describes his meetings with his own divorced father, which usually were in airports and the like, and it's so intriguing how the search for the truth about this hobo reveals so much about us all.
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