The Other Side of 'The Blind Side'
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Did you watch The Blind Side when it came out in 2009? |
| 0:08.9 | I did, though I read the book before that too. |
| 0:12.3 | Our colleague Andrew Beaton covers the NFL. |
| 0:15.7 | But today we're talking less about football, the sport, and more about a football movie, |
| 0:21.0 | The Blind Side. |
| 0:23.8 | You know, is a story that was really easy to be swept up in? |
| 0:27.3 | You have this kind of remarkable tale about somebody who had really fallen through the |
| 0:33.0 | cracks and this family swoops in and gives him not just a life but helps him fully realize |
| 0:39.5 | his potential in terms of they weren't just helping anybody, they were helping somebody |
| 0:43.6 | who is one of the top football prospects in the entire country. |
| 0:47.8 | The Blind Side is about the life of Michael Orr, a black football player who grew up in Memphis. |
| 0:53.8 | According to the movie, and the book it was based on, Orr was adopted when he was a teenager |
| 0:58.9 | by a wealthy white family, The Two E's. |
| 1:02.1 | When the movie was released in 2009, it captivated audiences and critics. |
| 1:07.3 | The Blind Side, The Movie, was a fantastic hit, absolute blockbuster in terms of awards |
| 1:12.3 | in terms of money. |
| 1:13.6 | This is something that since it's come out, has made over $300 million and Sandra Bullock |
| 1:19.4 | portrayed Leanne Toey, the mother, and she won an Oscar for it. |
| 1:24.2 | So I would like to thank what this film was about for me, which are the moms that take |
| 1:28.9 | care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from. |
| 1:33.6 | This was a huge, huge film, it was a cultural phenomenon. |
| 1:39.6 | But now, more than a decade later, Michael Orr says the Two E family lied about his adoption |
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