Learning how to lose is a big part of sportspersonship.
The movie, UglyDolls, is about embracing who you are and accepting others as they are. Based on the popular and eponymous children’s toy, the film stars Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Lizzo, Charli XCX, Bebe Rexha, Pitbull, Nick Jonas, and Wanda Sykes, among others.
There’s a good lesson about sports as the film unfolds.
Lou in UglyDolls
The scene opens at The Institute Of Perfection, where the main villain, Lou, is getting ready to compete in an obstacle course event called ‘The Gauntlet.’ The main character, Moxy, and her friends challenge Lou to a race. Every other Ugly Doll is watching.
Lou accepts but issues a challenge. If he wins, then every ugly doll in the arena will be sent to the recycling machine and shredded to death. “I don’t have to win,” Lou asserts confidently. “I just have to make sure you don’t.”
Moxy accepts. The race begins.
The first obstacle is going past an animatronic dog. One of the competitors, Nolan, is dragged by the dog and put out of the race. Lou passes the dog and takes the lead, while Ugly Dog tames the robotic dog, and that means UglyDolls are back in the race.
The next obstacle is getting past an animatronic baby. Lou and Moxy try to sneak past the baby, but the baby catches them and starts playing with the poor dolls. Lou struggles to get free, succeeding after he kicks the baby in the face, causing it to cry.
Moxy in UglyDolls
Moxy is about to cross the finish line but stops in her tracks by the sound of the crying baby. Moxy rushes over to comfort the child. But even though Moxy didn’t win, the Ugly Dolls still won because being caring and compassionate is a doll’s real purpose”.
That’s when Lou decides to take poor sportsmanship to a whole new level. He lost the race, he reasons, because he’s a prototype doll, set by the factory to help young dolls get to the big world. That seems fantastic, but then Lou states he’s never allowed to leave; prototypes aren’t intended for consumer purchase.
Lou then sees a sewing needle on the course and tries using it for an evil purpose. He figures if he can’t leave to become a child’s new toy, then nobody else can. “Let’s see how you feel when you’re stuck inside this place forever, Lou blares. “Just like me!”
Of course, Lou’s emotion-laden bad sportspersonship is a lesson to us all. It’s important to know how to lose.
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