42: The Jackie Robinson Story
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| Jackie Robinson was one of the most influential players in baseball. |
The most important scene from the
movie, 42, was the scene was Jackie is up to bat and the Phillies manager, Ben
Chapman, was constantly yelling racial slurs and harassing him the entire time
up there. This was the time when Jackie was beginning to gain fame and becoming
a good player. Everyone was becoming scared; a common thought around the
baseball world was that Jackie playing for the Dodgers wasn’t right. During
this scene Jackie comes up to bat three times and each time he is brutally
harassed with no letting up from Chapman. He gets pitches thrown at him, names
called, even after he is out and going back to the dugout he is still getting
screamed at. At one point Jackie has to go into the dugout and literally lets
out all his frustrations onto his bat. Branch Rickey then comes in and calms
him down and gets him to focus on what is important and to forget everyone
else.
I believe that this scene is
important because it really shows how strong of a person Jackie really was. It
shows the hardships that he had to experience only to play baseball. Something
people nowadays would not think twice about, as we have people from all over
the world coming to play in the league every year. Chapman’s insult rampage
really tops off Jackie’s horrible experience in coming to the league and trying
to become the first African-American player. The best part was that no matter
how mad he was he always was able to turn the other cheek. I think the director
was trying to convey how one sided most Americans were in thinking about having
change and allowing African-Americans to have equality in everything. This
scene, to me, was able to sum everything up by not only showing Chapman, but
also how people reacted to it afterwards. The reactions being people feeling
sorry for Jackie, his teammates standing up for him, and also Chapman having to
apologize or get fired. This whole scene really was a turning point for the
acceptance level for him.
This scene occurs from 1:13:31 to
1:22. The whole scene is important as it includes all of his at bats and the
part with Rickey.
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