Smithsonian Channel Baseball Docs

[Snapolit1]

Caught 10 minutes of the Gehrig one last night and hated it. So incredibly disappointed. One talking head after another going on about Odysseus, Joseph Campbell, power of myth making, and the occasionally shot of a Gehrig statute or bronze sculpture all gold and fuzzy to look like some god like apparition. Remember some innane line like "Of course as he lived his life Gehrig was unaware that he was creating a myth that would ....." Cripes. Nails on a chalkboard terrible. Smart people who should be directing their energies elsewhere.

[goudey1933]

Aaron was the same...not one baseball person...only "academics" with no baseball background.I guess I haven'the missed anything in the series.Also they talked about the power of myth during Aaron.
Scott

[quinnsryche]

Maybe you should watch more than 10 minutes before you judge the entire show. The whole series (Aaron, Ruth, Gehrig & Williams) were very well done with a different spin than what we have seen before. Who wants so see another documentary with the same info, by the same people with the same footage? Watch Ken Burn's Baseball if you want the same perspective again, it's on MLB Network practically every day. To those who haven't seen it, give it a try, it's an interesting perspective from sources other than the usual suspects.

[Klrdds]

Of the 4 the Ted Williams was my favorite by far .

[pclpads]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Caught 10 minutes of the Gehrig one last night and hated it. So incredibly disappointed. One talking head after another going on about Odysseus, Joseph Campbell, power of myth making, and the occasionally shot of a Gehrig statute or bronze sculpture all gold and fuzzy to look like some god like apparition. Remember some innane line like "Of course as he lived his life Gehrig was unaware that he was creating a myth that would ....." Cripes. Nails on a chalkboard terrible. Smart people who should be directing their energies elsewhere.

If you never perused a copy of their monthly mag, you could be excused for not knowing better and tuning in. Stories therein are endless, mindless, blather by academics, evidently paid by the word, on arcane subjects that no one, other than their peers, gives a rat's ass about. So, if the same treatment was given in a Smith TV baseball doc, what can I say other than no great surprise.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Of the 4 the Ted Williams was my favorite by far .

Hey guy

I totally agree with you. Ted's documentary was the better of the four.

The Babe Ruth / Brother Matthias part was covered well in the Ruth doc.

But, those "inane academics" in all four docs. with their ridiculous comparisons to Greek gods, etc., etc. were insufferable.


TED Z
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