ESPN’s 30 For 30 on Nature Boy would be so much better if Ric Flair wasn’t so cagey - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-08-2017, 05:09 PM

...about wrestling being fake

https://www.avclub.com/a-30-for-30-a...ugh-1820157722

“The subject’s caginess about fakery gets in the way of what’s most interesting about his story,” says Noel Murray. “Ric ‘Nature Boy’ Flair was around at the moment when wrestling exploded in popularity, due largely to the expansion of cable TV and UHF channels. As one of the biggest stars of the lower-rent National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling, he has special insight into the ways that his team staged combat and built stories, in comparison to the slicker WWF. But while all of that is an element of what ‘Nature Boy’ is about, ultimately the nuts-and-bolts of the pro wrestling phenomenon take a backseat to Flair’s personal story of success and excess.”

TMC · 11-11-2017, 08:58 PM

https://deadspin.com/espns-30-for-30...xua-1820305314

David Bixenspan notes that in Tuesday’s documentary, “an animated depiction of the scene ... shows Flair opening his robe, shocking onlookers, including female flight attendants whom the cartoonist made sure to draw with smiles wider than anyone else’s.”

mets82 · 11-11-2017, 10:29 PM

I enjoyed the Flair 30 for 30 a lot. As far as Flair's sexual conquests and his wild parties he literally paid for that with his life.

11-08-2017, 05:09 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,558	ESPN’s 30 For 30 on Nature Boy would be so much better if Ric Flair wasn’t so cagey ...about wrestling being fake https://www.avclub.com/a-30-for-30-a...ugh-1820157722 “The subject’s caginess about fakery gets in the way of what’s most interesting about his story,” says Noel Murray. “Ric ‘Nature Boy’ Flair was around at the moment when wrestling exploded in popularity, due largely to the expansion of cable TV and UHF channels. As one of the biggest stars of the lower-rent National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling, he has special insight into the ways that his team staged combat and built stories, in comparison to the slicker WWF. But while all of that is an element of what ‘Nature Boy’ is about, ultimately the nuts-and-bolts of the pro wrestling phenomenon take a backseat to Flair’s personal story of success and excess.”

11-11-2017, 08:58 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,558	ESPN’s 30 For 30 on Ric Flair glorified his sexual misconduct https://deadspin.com/espns-30-for-30...xua-1820305314 David Bixenspan notes that in Tuesday’s documentary, “an animated depiction of the scene ... shows Flair opening his robe, shocking onlookers, including female flight attendants whom the cartoonist made sure to draw with smiles wider than anyone else’s.”

11-11-2017, 10:29 PM	#3
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,060	I enjoyed the Flair 30 for 30 a lot. As far as Flair's sexual conquests and his wild parties he literally paid for that with his life.
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