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Q&A: Alex Gibney discusses new scapegoats film

Updated: April 21, 2011, 1:42 PM ET
Associated Press

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By JAKE COYLE

AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK -- Alex Gibney has always been drawn to scapegoats, so it seems inevitable that he would eventually come to examine the subject in sports. He's a Red Sox fan, after all.

"Catching Hell," the latest film from Gibney, documents the often senseless assigning of blame by rabid fans in heartbreaking losses. He focuses particularly on Steve Bartman, the lifelong Chicago Cubs fan who by attempting to catch ...

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