. . . falls flat in AFTER THE BALL. Prior to this film, most sports equipment--from baseball bats to hockey sticks to bowling balls--was made from wood. AFTER THE BALL persuaded the bleeding hearts in states such as Alaska, Idaho and Montana to outlaw wooden bats, bowling balls and other such sporting equipment, because they feared cutting trees might inconvenience a few birds. Soon Big Aluminum won the baseball bat business, while Big Oil prevailed in bowling. Canada held firm in dedicating their forests to hockey sticks--dodo birds or no dodo birds. However, there are far fewer skaters than ball players or bowlers, so during the past 70 years or so Canadian forests have fallen into disrepair, becoming wildly overgrown. Now most of these excess trees are burning out-of-control, since their are so many more trees than Canadians. With America's big cities reduced to Third World air quality status, you can blame this on AFTER THE BALL.
Review of After the Ball
