I saw Straight Outta Compton last night and *immediately* noticed the White Sox hat blunder. I knew I wasn’t the only one who peeped the wrong white sox hat in straight outta compton lol. They began writing a Straight Outta Compton screenplay together in 2002, focusing mostly on Eazy-E’s story, got Woods-Wright to sign on and sold it to New Line in 2006. Lots of logo fails: Straight Outta Compton features a shameful White Sox hat error Q9jW58LmXB Great movie! Except Easy-E’s 1991 White Sox hat in 1986. #161: Straight Outta Compton – MovieCount 2015. One obvious ‘Straight Outta Compton’ costume fail – Eazy wearing the black ‘Sox’ cap in 1986. Biggest problem? Eazy E wearing the Black White Sox hat in 1986 in opening scene. Watch Compton Residents Praise 'Straight Outta Compton' Outside Movie TheaterĬheck out some of the tweets from moviegoers who noticed the hat error.Ĭompton review tomorrow. The retro-looking logo, USA Today‘s For the Win blog points out, was based off of old logos, but that specific design hadn’t been used before. The logo, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame and the White Sox’s own website, didn’t make its first appearance until 1990, with the team officially adopting it in 1991. The movie opens in 1986, with Eazy-E sporting a black White Sox hat with the intersecting-letters “Sox” logo, which the team didn’t adopt until the ‘ 90s.
As moviegoers checked out Straight Outta Compton this weekend, boosting its domestic box-office gross to $60.2 million, some eagle-eyed baseball fans noticed a blooper in the film’s opening scene.
