Silver-screen underdogs: why cinema loves a loser

From the worst soprano in history to a ski-jumper so terrible they had to change the rules – the cinema gods love a trier. Will films about Eddie the Eagle and operatic catastrophe Florence Foster Jenkins finally give their subjects a triumph?All of us are bad at something, and most of us are bad at many things. Life is filled with skills we dearly wish we had, but don’t. Related: Eddie the Eagle review: plucky no-hope ski-jumper melts heartsContinue reading...