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JamesG · 11-13-2024, 07:26 AM

Jason Sudeikis Defends "Ted Lasso" Season 3
by Denise Petski
Nov. 12, 2024

"Ted Lasso" star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis has some strong opinions about criticism the Apple TV+ comedy received in its third season.

Sudeikis made his comments in response to Jeremy Egner’s new book Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts, which hit shelves today.

Sudeikis responded to Egner’s suggestion that “a small but hostile group of dissenters complained that the core cast had been scattered into different storylines,” and specifically, “that Keeley and Nate’s respective storyline had become too unfocused.”

“Much like live theater, the show, especially Season 3, was asking the audience to be an active participant,” Sudeikis said. “Some people want to do that, some people don’t. Some people want to judge—they don’t want to be curious,” the opposite of Coach Lasso’s belief in Walt Whitman’s quote “be curious, not judgmental.”

“I’ll never understand people who will go on talking about something so brazenly that they, in my opinion, clearly don’t understand,” Sudeikis continues. “And God bless ’em for it; it’s not their fault. They don’t have imaginations and they’re not open to the experience of what it’s like to have one.”

“Everybody’s in better shape than when they started,” Sudeikis says of the characters and the resolutions of their storylines. “Like a good Boy or Girl Scout at a campsite, we left it better than we found it. And if you don’t see that in that show, then I don’t know what show you’re watching.”

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11-13-2024, 07:26 AM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,291	Jason Sudeikis Defends "Ted Lasso" Season 3 *Jason Sudeikis Defends "Ted Lasso" Season 3* by Denise Petski Nov. 12, 2024 "Ted Lasso" star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis has some strong opinions about criticism the Apple TV+ comedy received in its third season. Sudeikis made his comments in response to Jeremy Egner’s new book Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts, which hit shelves today. Sudeikis responded to Egner’s suggestion that “a small but hostile group of dissenters complained that the core cast had been scattered into different storylines,” and specifically, “that Keeley and Nate’s respective storyline had become too unfocused.” “Much like live theater, the show, especially Season 3, was asking the audience to be an active participant,” Sudeikis said. “Some people want to do that, some people don’t. Some people want to judge—they don’t want to be curious,” the opposite of Coach Lasso’s belief in Walt Whitman’s quote “be curious, not judgmental.” “I’ll never understand people who will go on talking about something so brazenly that they, in my opinion, clearly don’t understand,” Sudeikis continues. “And God bless ’em for it; it’s not their fault. They don’t have imaginations and they’re not open to the experience of what it’s like to have one.” “Everybody’s in better shape than when they started,” Sudeikis says of the characters and the resolutions of their storylines. “Like a good Boy or Girl Scout at a campsite, we left it better than we found it. And if you don’t see that in that show, then I don’t know what show you’re watching.” https://deadline.com/2024/11/ted-las...ok-1236174027/