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In the beginning, Rocky won even when he lost. And as Stallone’s fame went stratospheric, it became increasingly difficult to perceive the Italian Stallion as David rather than Goliath. But where would the drama be in watching someone merely maintain his dominance?” In order to remain emotionally relevant, Rocky has consistently been forced to contrive himself into the challenger’s corner. Victory is a narrative dead end for this saga, and as filmmaker Andrew Bujalski observed in a recent New Yorker essay: “The greatest fictional fighter of all time … and the chapter of his life in which he actually reigns as champ registers barely as a footnote. Yes, we know, he beats Ivan Drago and thus is singlehandedly responsible for ending the Soviet Union and the Cold war, but still.) And when he became a winner, he got boring. To make the leap from a single film to a massive franchise, however, he would have to become a winner.
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We loved Rocky for being an underdog - we didn’t have to love him for being a winner. Losing is what allows us to keep fighting, and fighting is what we do best.
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America may be the most powerful country in the world, but losing is what we love.