Is "White Men Can't Jump" a dream?

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At the start of White Men Can't Jump , Billy Hoyle looks around some empty outdoor basketball courts with a smile, lies down with a basketball under his head, and falls asleep. The scene dissolves to the same location, filled with players, and Billy Hoyle is sitting on the sidelines with other spectators, watching the rowdy games. As far as I know, Billy sleeping was never mentioned again in the movie or resolved. He didn't wake up before the...

Originally asked by BrettFromLA on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

No, it's not a dream. Why? A dream wouldn't explain how Billy (Woody Harrelson) met Sidney Dean (Wesley Snipes) his partner in the basketball court hustles. Dreams are often populated by people who the dreamer knows or has experienced in some manner; it is rare for a drem to contain people who the dreamer doesn't in anything other than minor roles within the dream itself. Scenes occur in the film independent of Billy's presence - Even the most detailed dream would only brief periods when the protagonist was not an active part. And these are usually disjointed and poorly structured. Billy's girlfriend, the Jeopardy scenes and especially the interactions between SIdney and his girlfriend...

Full answer by Mistah Mix: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/64150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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