Until I started writing this article, I had no idea Ron Shelton’s 1992 masterpiece White Men Can’t Jump had a budget of around $30 million. I mean that in the best way possible. It’s a film that came out a year before I was born, set in about a dozen nearly identical corners of Los Angeles and one Jeopardy! studio, with a decently earned hard-R and the goofy sensibilities of a feel-good PG-13. It has all the weird contradictions of a ‘90s indie film, and remains, years later, an odd and feverish assessment of sport, race, and romance in the grift of uniquely American vice....
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Abdul Malik
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Amato Nocera
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Andrea Ayvazian
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Andreea Drogeanu
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Andy Crump
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Arun Narayanan
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Carl Henderson
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Chad Ebanks
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Charlie Nicholson
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Chelsea Leite
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Chris Conner
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Chris Dodson
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Cody Tannen-Barrup
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Courtney Castaneda
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Dana Wygmans
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Daniel Volman
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Danny McCormick
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David Haffner
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Eliana Carter
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Ivan Anderson
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Jarrett Reed
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Jessye Herrell
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Jim Trainer
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Joseph O'Malley
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Josh Motenko
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Jules Lattimore
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Katie Heindl
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Katie Smith-Wong
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Kelechi Ehenulo
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Malik Harrison
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Mark McDonough
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Masseo Davis
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Michael Corvo
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Michael T. Klare
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Myles Ehrlich
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Nate Mondschein
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Nguyen Le
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Nick Nocera
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Nico Carter
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Rebecca Lynne Loftin
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Ryne Hancock
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Samson Folk
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Sasha Klare-Ayvazian
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Simon Pruitt
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Teresa Beamon
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Thulani Paz Davis
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Troy Eisenberger
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Zoe Z. Novendstern
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