Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
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Posted Saturday 5/14/22 at 3:43AM EDT
Winning Time tells a compelling story, but it's hindered by the reality of the Lakers actually "winning"
"Winning Time mostly works because it’s willing to push back on the notion of a shared 'official' history, break from...
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Winning Time's best aspect was to not take its legends seriously, making them "more humanesque"
When Winning Time co-creator Jim Hecht first pitched author Jeff Pearlman in 2014 about adapting his Showtime Lakers book, he...
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Posted Tuesday 5/10/22 at 1:45AM EDT
Winning Time had a strong end to Season 1, but it pointlessly fudged facts and overused filters
"I understand poetic license and having to tell an interesting story, but it just seemed like some of the lies...
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Posted Monday 5/09/22 at 6:49PM EDT
Winning Time's finale viewership was up 73% over its premiere
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How Winning Time wrestles with Blackness is more important than its portrayal of basketball
"Much of the reaction to HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has focused on Jerry West’s threat...
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Posted Wednesday 5/04/22 at 2:00AM EDT
Jerry West's Winning Time complaints may be boosting its viewership
HBO says that Sunday's episode of the Showtime Lakers series "hit another series-high" with 1.
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Posted Monday 5/02/22 at 5:06PM EDT
Airplane! directors speak out against Winning Time after playing themselves in the first episode
Airplane! writers-directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker made a cameo as themselves in Winning Time's first episode joking in...
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The Flight Attendant is the latest acclaimed show that should've stayed a limited series
The HBO Max murder mystery thriller, based on author Chris Bohjalian's bestselling book, was originally supposed to be a limited...
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Posted Wednesday 4/27/22 at 12:22AM EDT
Showtime Lakers author Jeff Pearlman understands why there's a backlash to Winning Time, says he'd love Brad Pitt or J.K. Simmons to play Phil Jackson
“I don’t get mad when people are talking about that.
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HBO defends Winning Time after Jerry West condemnation: It's "based on extensive factual research"
One week after the Los Angeles Lakers legend demanded a retraction and apology, HBO released a statement firing back at...
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Posted Monday 4/25/22 at 11:45PM EDT
Could Jerry West successfully sue Winning Time for defamation even with its "This series is a dramatization" disclaimer?
Every episode of HBO's Showtime Lakers series features the following disclaimer: “This series is a dramatization of certain facts and...
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Posted Saturday 4/23/22 at 2:05AM EDT
Winning Time captures the Showtime Lakers spirit -- but it blows it with Jerry West
"It nails Jerry Buss’ boldness, Magic Johnson’s smile, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s aloofness," says longtime Los Angeles Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke...
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Jerry West demands retraction from Winning Time over "cruel" and "deliberately false" portrayal
The NBA icon and Los Angeles Lakers legend, via his attorneys, is calling for a retraction and apology within two weeks...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rips "drearily dull" Winning Time: It "avoided facts as if they were an STD"
"There is only one immutable sin in writing: Don’t Be Boring! Winning Time commits that sin over and over," the...
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Posted Monday 4/18/22 at 10:05PM EDT
Showtime Lakers author Jeff Pearlman pushes back against complaints Winning Time is inaccurate: "the show is f*cking brilliant"
Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan, who covered the Boston Celtics during the Showtime Lakers era, recently said of Winning...
