Word: superealism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Super Joel, another member of Hog Hog Farm, said, "We worked six weeks to build the 'peoples park' in Berkeley, then the university told us we could not have a beautiful park and they called out the national guard and 136 people were shot...
...Wait Until Tomorrow... Cause I Get Better Looking Every Day makes no attempt to avoid the "potboiler" label. Schaap wrote it at the most opportune time possible-shortly after Namath had silenced his critics by engineering an improbable upset of the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl game a year ago-and he consciously played up the personal qualities that had given Namath his notorious charisma...
...mover behind the Jets' increasing success, the scene was being prepared for his inevitable comedown-when his AFL champion team would be crunched by the NFL powerhouse Colts. The comedown, of course, never occurred. In the best Cassius Clay tradition, Namath brashly predicted a New York victory in the Super Bowl, then had the gall to actually bring it off. Schaap had his book...
...Wait Until Tomorrow has all of these advantages. But after Namath's disappointing season last fall, and the Jets' failure to even regain their AFL title, much less the Super Bowl championship, much of what the book depends upon for readership appeal has vanished. And what is left reads like a post-facto apologia, in which few people still have any interest...
...second, "Who'd They Think They Were Messing With. The Rams?" provides the reasons why Namath felt he was justified in predicting the Super Bowl triumph, and goes into detail concerning its attainment. The fifth, "They Probably Would Have Told Our Lord to Cut His Hair," argues in defense of Namath's hair style. Anther defends his large bonus contract...