I appreciated how while part 1 of the doc went macro, tracing all the way from the 50s and 60s to 1984, this portion focused on one climactic finals match up between Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics. The doc continues to do a nice job contrasting the teams as reflecting two different ethoses, with the Magic being seen as the Hollywood showboats and the Celts seen as the working class "lunchpail" guys, with that reflected in the Lakers' fast break style vs. the Celts' good fundamentals mentality, and how that was tied up with the racial sentiments in the respective cities and the country as a whole. But to the same end I like how the documentary flips that on its head, basically showing that the Celts essentially admitted to themselves that the Lakers were the more talented team, or at least as talented, and so won by basically playing dirty with trash talk and hard fouls. Aside from the inherent drama of the 7-game series, which practically writes itself, this installment told a very interesting story about how the non "fake" team resorted to rough play and mind games to win, cutting an interesting contrast between the perception and the reality.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-08-13T15:05:02Z
I appreciated how while part 1 of the doc went macro, tracing all the way from the 50s and 60s to 1984, this portion focused on one climactic finals match up between Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics. The doc continues to do a nice job contrasting the teams as reflecting two different ethoses, with the Magic being seen as the Hollywood showboats and the Celts seen as the working class "lunchpail" guys, with that reflected in the Lakers' fast break style vs. the Celts' good fundamentals mentality, and how that was tied up with the racial sentiments in the respective cities and the country as a whole. But to the same end I like how the documentary flips that on its head, basically showing that the Celts essentially admitted to themselves that the Lakers were the more talented team, or at least as talented, and so won by basically playing dirty with trash talk and hard fouls. Aside from the inherent drama of the 7-game series, which practically writes itself, this installment told a very interesting story about how the non "fake" team resorted to rough play and mind games to win, cutting an interesting contrast between the perception and the reality.