re: ‘Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty’ Now Playing on HBO

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And one of his signatures is breaking the fourth wall to simplify a complex topic to the audience in an entertaining way, and in that first episode he did that in almost every scene and couldn’t go longer than like 2 minutes before using it again, which is strange because the stuff he’s explaining is completely unnecessary, like I don’t really need to be told explicitly that basketball was different in the 70s and how it can be fun to watch with more superstars or explicitly state every characters thoughts and motivations upon introduction.

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yeah, this is pretty much keeping me from watching. christ thats annoying. it's one thing to do that for credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligation, but we don't need that for a fricking basketball show