There is a scene, arguably meant to be amusing, where Jackie (Chadwick Boseman) and his wife (Nicole Beharie) are approached by a white man and the young couple braces for a violent assault only to be greeted with good cheer from a fan.

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Decades later, she endeared herself to baby boomers all over again after she announced in 1992 that she had multiple sclerosis and began grappling with the slow, degenerative effects with remarkably good cheer and faith.

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Be of good cheer and share it with your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and customers.

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What potency there is comes from the characters who refuse to be gripped by good cheer Don John, played by Keanu Reeves as a pinup with malice, and Don Pedro, played by Denzel Washington, whose cool gravity shames the rest of the movie.

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