Most people my age are familiar with the "Mighty Ducks" films, and most Minnesotans know they were filmed here. In fact, I took skating lessons the ice rink used in the first movie This clip, though, is from the second "Mighty Ducks" film. I believe, in these nine minutes, children all over the country found out all they needed to know about Minnesota. It's already established Minnesota is the place to go for hockey. We meet Hans, the grandfatherly Scandinavian mentor who works in a hockey shop.
And, in my very favorite scene, we come to understand a very skewed version of Twin Cities geography: Charlie, the main character, is told by the coach (in St. Paul) to round up the rest of the hockey team. So what does he do? He puts on his rollerblades and heads to the Mall of American (in Bloomington) to pick up Avermann. Then they rollerblade to the Stone Arch bridge, to Edina to pick up the "cake eater" player, and finally to Lake of the Isles. It's like a series of postcards of the Twin Cities, and an entirely unrealistic scene if you're familiar with the area.
Fun to watch if you've seen these places, but what does this have to do with media literacy?One correction: the birthplace and ongoing nursery of hockey in Minnesota is Roseau County.
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Fun to watch if you've seen these places, but what does this have to do with media literacy?
One correction: the birthplace and ongoing nursery of hockey in Minnesota is Roseau County.
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