Personal hell. It’s a unique place molded by our own fears and experience. A space where our deepest terrors reside and escape is impossible. Being buried alive is a fairly common personal hell, or being arrested and imprisoned in a foreign country might be another. The press corps traveling on Air Force 2 with vice president Mike Pence found their own horror at 42,000 feet.
Mike Pence tormented the entire press corps with ‘Hoosiers’ on a flight to Australia
Not cool, Mike.
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Trapped on a plane for a flight halfway around the world surrounded by Hoosiers. It’s horrible. At this point it has been clearly established that Hoosiers sucks. It’s a terrible movie people love because it’s nostalgic, but it’s an atrocious piece of cinema. Pence is making everyone endure it with him because he’s from Indiana, when he could have just puts on a Parks and Recreation marathon and achieved the whole “I’m from Indiana” thing in a much better way.
“Required to watch Hoosiers” is a simply awful turn of phrase, and it’s the work equivalent of sitting down with your aunt and seeing her photos from vacation. You can’t really escape it, you just have to ensure the Sisyphean torment.
It would be one thing if Pence decided to watch Hoosiers on his own — everyone has a right to watch their own trash movies, but he’s subjecting it on everyone. This is also when we learned that Air Force 2 is basically a plane from 1993.
What the hell is up with the overhead TVs? I haven’t seen those in a plane in over a decade. These look like those small portable DVD players that were super popular before tablets. Heck, even United has personal screens in the back over every seat so overbooked passengers don’t need to sit through Hoosiers.
Look, I get that Pence wanted to showcase his home state with a 31-year-old movie that nobody loves like Indianans, but think of your guests, man. I personally love watching Terrace House but I’m not going to subject every person who comes to my house with it.
There will be a return trip from Australia and Pence has a chance to make this right. Let’s assume for a second that Pence wants to stick with the sports movie thing — here are five suggestions on much better sports movies than Hoosiers he can show the plane.
- She’s the Man.
- She’s the Man.
- She’s the Man.
- She’s the Man.
- She’s the Man.
It’s a simple list because most sports movies are trash and She’s the Man is awesome.
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