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minus-squareSSJMarx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoYou couldn’t make Cool Runnings today because the Jamaican bobsled team has been around for a few decades.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI think the title that was chosen for the French version of the movie would be problematic too today : Rasta Rocket
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou totally could. It was a five-year-old story when the movie came out. Different decade, even.
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt had been by then too. Also a lot of tropical and sub-tropical climate counties have bobsled teams, it’s not that wild, all the Scandinavian counties play volleyball too.
You couldn’t make Cool Runnings today because the Jamaican bobsled team has been around for a few decades.
I think the title that was chosen for the French version of the movie would be problematic too today : Rasta Rocket
Why?
You totally could. It was a five-year-old story when the movie came out. Different decade, even.
It had been by then too. Also a lot of tropical and sub-tropical climate counties have bobsled teams, it’s not that wild, all the Scandinavian counties play volleyball too.