1 Compelling, stirring doc, Bill Russell Legend. But:
Too hagiographic?
It didn’t note specifically his activism’s acts (or did I miss them?)
I saw subtext that he seemed a bit purposeless after leaving Celtics (or do I read in too much?)
Were the last minutes over-egged?
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My feeling is, his undeniable athletic greatness grounds the off court greatness claimed for him that I’m unsure the doc makes a case for.
I miss what he did off court, other than commendably being his own man, that was so extraordinary.
I’d like to be told what I missed. 2/2
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P.S. 3/3
Where were acts by Russell even remotely comparable to the great magnitude of what Ali forfeited in refusing the draft, which the doc extolls but maybe unintentionally defines by contrast what Russell seems not to have come close to doing.
Happy to be shown wrong.
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