Dave Zirin: The 'Rocky' movies began as a 'great white hope' story, but nearly 50 years later, 'Creed' is changing its stance.
When I was 16, I was one of many who entered a radio contest timed to the release of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky V.” Our challenge? Sit through all five"Rocky" movies in a row — the entire odyssey of Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia’s Italian Stallion — without leaving our seats. There would be no bathroom breaks. Just Rocky, Adrian, Apollo, Paulie and the gang for almost nine hours.
I'd won a gold chain with a boxing glove dangling from it. Yes, the gold was as fake as Stallone’s boxing prowess, and it turned my neck green within two weeks. But it was worth it. To me, the"Rocky" films had it all: pathos, violence, an underdog story and, perhaps above all, a plucky “great white hope” as a protagonist. In 1990, I took in that aspect of the Rocky movies far too easily and uncritically.the ninth film in the Rocky series, hits theaters Friday.
As Rocky said to his son in “Rocky Balboa,” the sixth film in the series, “You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”follows the travails of Adonis Creed . He's the son of the late Apollo Creed, whom Rocky fought in the first two films.
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