Delmar
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If not for Michael Oher, all they’d have had to film is a rich dude that owned a bunch of Taco Bell’s with an attention seeking Germantown housewife at his side. Now I’m all about that Mexican Pizza but the Tuohy’s ain’t the stuff of Oscar winning movies. And I will guarantee you they wouldn’t have taken any interest in Oher if he had been a 130 pound clarinet player.because no one is going to see that movie without it being Michael Oher. Plenty of stories of rich white families adopting needy kids, those don't get made into movies typically. The Tuohy's aren't the human interest part of it, or anything that anyone would care about.
Consider the story from either side
would the movie sell if it was just the Tuohy's adopting some unnamed male black character with a different background than Oher? no.
Would the movie sell if it was just Oher getting "adopted" from homelessness by an unnamed white family, with a different background than the Tuohy's, and making it to the NFL? Yeah. his journey is special no matter who adopted him, or where he ended up going to college.
I would actually love to hear how the Tuohy's side is a compelling story at all? Rich white family can financially afford to adopt another kid, has a house big enough to give him his own room (and bed), has the connections to get him into the school they want.