The Frame

So when I started watching this, I was thinking it was the crossword puzzle documentary, you know, the one with Jon Stewart in it? But, no, that one is Wordplay. This one is about competitive Scrabble, and doesn’t feature anybody anyone’s heard of. Unless they’re in the world of competitive Scrabble, I guess. But it turned out to be fairly interesting anyway. I mean, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Scrabble tournaments, but it makes as much sense as spelling bees, I suppose. And some of these people were really into it, as in, they were making their living by winning Scrabble tournaments. Certainly makes my attempts at Scrabble seem feeble. There are really three or four guys they follow around, hearing their take on the somewhat insular world of Scrabble tournaments, up until the world championship. I guess since Spellbound did well, all the other sorts of games/competitions are trying to get into the documentary action. None have yet come close to Spellbound’s magic, though.
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