Before the legendary entertainment გოძილა Franchise writer Max Borenstein is hired as showrunner The hour of victory: the rise of the Lakers dynasty It took Jim Hecht, co-creator of the series, several years after collecting Jeff Perlman’s 2014 book. YesWhat: Magic, Karim, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty of the 1980s; To join HBO.
And that’s because there has never been a series like this before.
Of course, there were similar sports dramas. Friday night lighting; Football is always an easy sell for a home or theater audience. But as for the rise of a great NBA team against the shifting racial and gender politics of the 1980s era and its betting owner Dr. Jerry Bass (played by John S. Riley) and insufferable coaches, time to win There was an anomaly in the television program.
“Nobody took the dynasty sports team and didn’t deal with the current drama,” Borenstein told Crew Call. Time to win.
Season one followed Buss as he took financial control of the team, changed the way NBA games were presented, and created a dynamic team that included the old (Karim Abdul-Jabbar, played by Solomon Hughes) and the new. ). how Queens play). Isaiah) when he rolled the dice against coaches like Pat Riley (Adrien Brody), Jack McKinney (Tracey Lets) and Paul Westhead (Jason Segel).
“It was an opportunity to take this particular focus of professional sport and basketball and use it to see the true epic story and the American epic story of cultural transformation and economic transformation; “All the big American issues that fit together and somehow break through this prism,” she added.
“We don’t have copyrights in America, we have celebrities,” Borenstein recently said of one of his second season juices in the writers’ room. Time to win. “Members of our royal family are not born, they are created. That’s what this story is about. “
Perlman’s book covers the period from 1979 to 1991, when Johnson was diagnosed with HIV. The first season of the HBO series covered the 79-80 season under the direction of Buss. Season 2 covers the 80s and 81s season.
“Season 2 is where the superheroes wear costumes from Pat Riley to Ginny Bass (Hadley Robinson); “Everyone really follows their own path of worship,” said Borenstein. Season 2 will also be followed by Battle of Magic and Jerry West’s next step will be to become the team’s general manager.
Borenstein also wonders beyond season 2 and whether we’ll actually see Riley move to the New York Knicks in 1991.
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