The Great White Hope (film) here. Jones later contributed commentary to a documentary about Jack Johnson that would sum up this film, saying: "To know the story of Jack Johnson is to know that it is a study in hubris." However, critical opinion of the film has declined in recent years. "The Great White Hope" currently maintains a 43% "Rotten" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 7 reviews, indicating mixed-to-negative reviews. Critic Vincent Canby referred to the film as "One of those liberal, well-meaning, fervently uncontroversial works that pretend to tackle contemporary problems by finding analogies at a safe remove in history" while critic Emanuel
Hope Was Here looking for. G.T.'s death devastates Mulhoney, but eventually Hope is able to come to terms with her loss and appreciate that she has found a stable home at "Welcome Stairways". Hope Was Here Hope Was Here is a 2000 novel by Joan Bauer. It was declared a Newbery Honor Book in 2001. The audiobook read by Jenna Lamia won the AudioFile Earphones Award. Hope Yancey is a teenage waitress living with her aunt Addie in Brooklyn, where Addie works as a chef at "The Blue Box Diner". Hope's birth mother, Deena, deemed herself unfit for parenting and gave Hope to