gourimoko
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All in all, I was actually disappointed.
Whenever ESPN would reference the Red Sox drought, they'd make sure they'd mention how loyal Red Sox were. They did that a little here, but only a little. Mostly media types (even ones I like: Rizz, Donovan, Windy, Raab) just recounting what had happened. No real insight into what it's like to be a fan, just "Hey, remember this shitty that happened? Didn't that suck."
Why is Wright Thompson somehow the expert on Cleveland's cultural history? Couldn't get, I don't know, anybody who actually lived in the city from the 50s-70s to speak. My dad would've made a better city historian, and he spent half the 60s in Vietnam.
The David Modell segment was complete trash. ESPiN really had to let the Modell family have a say? What a buffoon that guy is. I repeat, he can go fuck himself.
The Schottenheimer-Byner segment was easily the best. Not enough parts like that, though.
Overall, 3/10. You could read wikipedia and get the same amount of info in 10 minutes.
PS - Also, can we not get one person to try and explain why we were the road team in all 3 postseason series in 95? You'd think a documentary like this would at least acknowledge this.
I totally agree..
I was also disappointed.
The documentary barely talked about Cleveland, it just went over some bad periods and tried to offer some false narrative about the Browns leaving.
The Cavaliers, who are on the verge of winning a championship, were largely glossed over. Cavaliers greats were never even mentioned, other than to shine light on Michael Jordan (Ehlo).
The guy who wrote the documentary, who is also being interviewed; completely missed the point, IMHO.
He could have talked a lot more about Cleveland as a city, it's ups and downs, and not solely focused on the individual tragedies in sequence.
I thought that was extremely lazy.
I also thought it was ridiculously odd not to interview LeBron James; especially if you're going to interview Mo Williams and Dan Gilbert.