What Next: Why The Blind Side's Narrative Fell Apart

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Last week, retired NFL lineman Michael Oher sued the Tuohy family and revealed a gulf between real life and how he and the family were portrayed in 2009’s The Blind Side. Guest: Santul Nerkar, reporter on sports and business for the New York Times. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	It's been almost 15 years since the release of the movie The Blind Side.
0:52.0	The 2009 film was a box office hit.
0:55.0	It was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
0:58.0	It won Best Actress.
1:00.0	And it's based on the life of former NFL star Michael Orr.
1:04.0	An inspirational true story.
1:07.0	His dad dies when he's young.
1:09.0	His mother has a drug abuse problem.
1:12.0	And so he's sort of, he's like, you know, he's bouncing from place to place.
1:16.0	He goes to a number of schools going up.
1:18.0	This is Sontool Mayor Kerr, who covers sports and business for The New York Times.
1:22.0	In the last week, he has dutifully rewatched the movie
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