Lieography

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we bring you a discussion of the 1993 Disney sports movie Cool Runnings, directed by John Turteltaub and starring John Candy, Leon, and Doug E. Doug, in which we learn just how close to the truth this movie stays (spoiler alert: not very!). We hope you enjoy! Sources: http://en.espn.co.uk/olympic-sports/sport/story/280229.html http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-story-of-the-cool-runnings-bobsled-team-2014-2 https://www.thedailybeast.com/jamaican-bobsledder-tal-stokes-takes-to-reddit-and-reveals-cool-runnings-was-mostly-made-up?ref=scroll http://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/film-and-tv-interesting-sport-the-true-story-behind-cool-runnings-was-very-different-to-the-film-20180109 https://www.insideedition.com/real-cool-runnings-1988-jamaican-bobsledder-says-true-story-was-even-more-remarkable-40754 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/07/jamaica-bobsled-calgary-olympics https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/19/jamaicans-are-bobs