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It wouldn’t work as TV, though? No-one wants the protagonist to be removed and replaced partway through. Maybe for the proper fans, but for the casual viewer; and from a club perspective, we’d also want to focus on the now and the future, which is Jose, to help build global brand. The media’s about selling stuff, not telling the truth.
Feels slightly like an advertisement for the club IMO.
As someone who grew up idolizing that Bulls team I was a little frustrated by Last Dance as a recantation of stories I already knew, but what stories they are, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
As a general rule the level of behind the scenes access is going to have an inverse relationship with how honest and unvarnished the portrayal is. And the behind the scenes access of these All or Nothing docs are top notch.
For a different point on that spectrum I would highly recommend Sunderland Til I Die on Netflix. The best of this new breed of football documentaries I've seen.
As viewer it is somewhat irksome that a central figure of my lived experience of supporting Spurs in 2019-20 barely makes an appearance in this purported behind the scenes look at that season.
It's fine, it's not the end of the world, I'm still very much enjoying watching it.
This series isn't the place to litigate Poch vs Levy arguments of hyper-engaged Spurs supporters. What it does do is really frame and draw out the emotion of something like Mourinho pulling Dier off after half an hour against Olympiacos. That's compelling viewing in its own right, for Spurs supporters and casual viewers alike, which is the audience they're making this for.
Totally agree... It's not going to provide the grit nor operational/tactical minutia that I think some had anticipated.... It never was; which is why I was never too concerned with the project on an 'exposé' level.
Did occur to me though; there was a contingent that upon announcement of the deal being struck saw it as a scandalous betrayal of Poch; lifting the lid on him in favour of a cynical cash-grab.... Truth is, that outlook massively glosses over the fact that he breached the sanctity of his own dressing room first (for his own personal financial gain) a number of years earlier with his book.
I don't remember that argument, but the book was a bad idea, fun as it was to read.
At the end of the day, we caught lightning in a bottle with Poch and for a variety of reasons we just couldn't quite hang onto it. His era at the club ending trophyless is going to be hard to swallow for the rest of my days. It will be harder still if the same is said of Harry Kane, so let's fucking go get it this year.
He absolutely didn’t do any of that - completely incomparable to an actual TV crew for reality television - what a shameless lie
Just finished the third episode, thought all three were a brilliant watch, and it's left me feeling cautiously optimistic for the coming season.
The series is supposed to be...I taught Media Studies, hence the comments about the media narrative.
Fair point. (Never got over Ned, tbf...)
The old one’s are the best!
When are the next lot of episodes being added to Prime, BTW, I saw it somewhere, but can't remember where.
Next batch of 3 episodes on the 7th of September, and the last batch of 3 episodes on the 14th of September
It 100% is - massive ‘look at me’ piece by Levy and his achievements
Suggested by who - internet ITKs like you on forums?
Poch was done harshly - stop trying to paint your boy as an innocent figure
I'm thinking along the lines of maybe selling the club rather than attracting more fans.
Yes please!
Ooh...interesting perspective...
It will be interesting to see what kind of viewing figures the documentary gets worldwide and whether it attracts a new legion of fans/people Levy can flog stuff to.
Mourinho is box office, he knows how the media works; e.g. the scene in which he turns off the tele and tells the presenter to f-off, was planned in advance.
I think the producers are going for a redemption narrative with Jose like Rocky Bilbao emerging triumphant when everyone had written him off.
I know a few Americans who support Spurs because they consider them a rough diamond.
Are they filming a second season out of interest?
Mourinho is box office, he knows how the media works; e.g. the scene in which he turns off the tele and tells the presenter to f-off, was planned in advance.
I think the producers are going for a redemption narrative with Jose like Rocky Bilbao emerging triumphant when everyone had written him off.
I know a few Americans who support Spurs because they consider them a rough diamond.
Are they filming a second season out of interest?