{"id":46657,"date":"2025-03-27T18:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/fight-for-glory-is-an-ecstatic-treat\/27\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:33:46","slug":"fight-for-glory-is-an-ecstatic-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/fight-for-glory-is-an-ecstatic-treat\/27\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fight for Glory\u2019 Is an Ecstatic Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A lot of TV sports documentaries in the post-\u201cDrive to Survive\u201d world take a broad, rudimentary and personality-driven approach: Make the sport welcoming to new viewers, and give extant fans new access to their faves. After \u201cThe Last Dance,\u201d we also got a wave of sit-down interviews and ostensible introspection \u2014 the stories behind the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cFight for Glory: 2024 World Series,\u201d a three-part documentary that arrives Friday, on Apple TV+<\/a>, is playing a different game.<\/p>\n

This mini-series, directed by R.J. Cutler<\/a> (\u201cThe September Issue,\u201d \u201cMartha\u201d), is almost all on the field. Rather than cutting away to seated talking-head interviews, the additional intel and commentary is delivered in voice-over, while the camera stays on the game. Only a few players get any back story, and only one, the Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman, drives the emotional arc of the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlory\u201d has an interesting task, which is to retell a story that is already a pretty good, pretty legible story without the documentary. Championships have built-in stakes; the Yankees and the Dodgers are internationally known legacy franchises; many of the players here are already huge, huge stars; and some of the contextualizing footage is from news conferences. There is no excavation of the unknown. The games have been played.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n