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Article: when art imitates life if area players and coaches are anY indication, 'friday night lights' is pretty realistic
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 26, 2004
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Acouple of weeks ago, I wrote about Saturday afternoon football
taking a back seat to Friday night games. The phrase Friday Night
Lights" referred to a book by the same name by H.G. Bissinger. The
book was made into a movie by the same name and will be released Oct.
8.
Although the book takes place in Texas, it has more in common with
football in the Chicago area (and in Illinois) than you think.
Bissinger spent the 1988 football season with the Permian Panthers
of Odessa, Texas. His book, published in 1990, caused a firestorm
because people from Odessa (and beyond) thought he was being negative
and harsh on the kids.
But Bissinger was being a realist, and he painted an accurate
portrait of ...