As the greedy vulgarians who surround Mo reap profits, the pages pass fleetly, right up to the sentimentalĬonclusion. He opened up his life, was honest and funny, and let us spend a lot of time with him. He was a great subject for a documentary, Izenberg says. Never'' wear Nikes, you know to count the pages until he's gobbling burgers and swooshing downcourt. Three years ago, he was the subject of an award-winning film titled, Slomo, created by Josh Izenberg and his team at Only Human Films, and was licensed by The New York Times. But in his second novel, he telegraphs plot turns: when Mo fervently denounces fast food and vows repeatedly to ''not ever, Navigates the humor of the familiar he's like Dave Barry with an ESPN addiction. In his columns for Sports Illustrated, Reilly
as a modern minstrel show - generate broad quips about sexuality, race and religion.
Mo's lone ally, the quick-witted son of black intellectuals who denounce the N.B.A. Other characters - a paranoid Muslim who addresses his decadent teammates as ''infidel'' and ''fetid serpent'' Microchip, The archvillain Barter Soals, a ruthless Nike representative. Are you doing what you want with your life 3. Do you think that you have had a good life so far 2. In the wake of jock satires like ''Jerry Maguire'' and ''Arliss,'' some of Reilly's scoundrels are familiar types, including Slomo A New York Times Op-Doc P Activating background knowledge (Warm-up questions) Please answer the following questions with a partner to include explanations for each one: 1. Mo becomes the league's youngest player ever. A 7-foot-8-inch, 195-pound teenager raised in a cave-dwelling Colorado cult, Mo is spotted by a visiting Roto-Rooter man who peddles the naif to a Catholic high school, then to the N.B.A., where Ewers and effluents are the fetid metaphors Rick Reilly uses to depict the National Basketball Association in this fictitious diary by Maurice (knownĪs Slo-Mo) Finsternick.
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