if only

No mention is made of steroids, an omission you’d expect in a “Rocky” movie, but “The Smashing Machine” is meant to be a kind of anti-sports movie, with kitchen-sink realism substituting for the fantasy that everything will be fine if only the hero wins in the end.

That said, the moment when Didi and Gogo throw themselves into a frantic hug—as if only by touching one another can they be sure they still exist—has breathtaking poignancy.

Even when scoundrels are convicted, as Milton was, the prominent people who were in their orbit, if only peripherally, keep their reputations and wealth mostly intact.

If only their staffs would heed the call.

Crypto die-hards have long said that if only more legacy businesses adopted the technology, its benefits would become clear and adoption would spread.