New Pete Rose documentary makes no mention of gambling, lifetime ban

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100706/ENT/7070318/Rose-doc-to-premiere-in-LA

Coming soon ... "O.J. Simpson: The Quest For 2,000 Yards"

 

This has to be the same group that produced "The U" for 30/30

 

It could run for a year in Cincy.

If the truth conflicts with the legend, print the legend. No? Then why
do you hate America?

Yee-haw.

 

I've got no problem with a doc that focuses on the day-to-day of Rose's chase for the record. Could be fascinating.

But you've got to put in an epilogue/closing on-screen text recapping his downfall? Don't you?

 

I interviewed the filmmakers a few months back. They said then, before the flick was completed it in no way was meant as an encapsulation of Rose's life. The director said the purpose of the film was to remind folks of Rose as a player, because everyone knows the rest of the story - and for the younger set, that's all they know of Rose.

I know they're marketing it as a "before the downfall" sort of thing, too, so it's not like they're ignoring the elephant in the room.

 

Ahh yes, those golden days when a friendly manager, thinking only of the best interests of the team, kept a washed-up has-been below-replacement-value player in the starting lineup day after day after day when there were incomparably better players on the bench.

I wonder if they'll get an interview with that manager?

 

Yep.

Reds fans are almost uniformly delusional about Pete Rose.

 

To market it as a "before the downfall" thing, you've got to at least mention the downfall. Presenting the story as if none of that ever happened certainly is ignoring the elephant.

 

Rose was a unique as a player and appealing in his way. If you love an all-out competitor, you love Pete Rose, warts and all.

As a Ray Fosse fan, I can't stand the guy.

 

To call the guy a habitual bettor would seem to be understating the case.

"Before the downfall"? Just when the hell WAS that? Grade school?

Come on.

 

I saw Pete Rose about a month ago. He was sitting on a flight I was taking back from Vegas. He looked like a fat extra for the Sopranos. He was also wearing a Reds hat, just in case you didn't recognize him.

 

Well, "Possibly before and definitely during the downfall" is hard to fit on the marquee.