That kind of duality gave Sudeikis the confidence to tackle an elusive tone. So there are levels to those movies where if you know those references, whether it’s religion or the knights of the roundtable, they score on that level - we do those with soccer jokes all the time - but then the other times, they’re just funny it’s just good wordplay, great acting in a great ensemble.” “That’s a lesson I feel I learned personally from Monty Python films like ‘Life of Brian’ or ‘Holy Grail.’ I don’t know ‘King Arthur,’ and I was raised Catholic, but I don’t have a deep understanding like those fellas Oxford and Cambridge I went to Fort Scott Community College. “And it’s going to be in protest, not comedy.” “I remember a couple of days before, it may have been the night before, I was like, ‘Oh shit.’ It just hit me: the Iverson speech,” Sudeikis said. But after Jamie and Ted had their mid-match fallout, the stage was set for their confrontation over practice. He had followed Iverson’s career since high school, and the actor-writer-producer always knew he wanted to include a scene featuring his speech in “Ted Lasso” - he just assumed it would be during one of Ted’s many press conferences. “Maybe somebody would say the moment is clever, but it was repurposing what I feel was a protest song by Allen Iverson in that moment and turning it into an opera, charged with more emotion.” “The reference by no means ever played to me as funny,” Sudeikis said in an interview with IndieWire. But those who watch the scene closely, who take the time to note Sudeikis’ performance and hear what he has to say, likely recognize this “rant” isn’t about mining a memorable excerpt for easy laughs. Given that “Ted Lasso” is a comedy and that Iverson’s remarks were widely (and mistakenly) mocked, it would be easy to assume the scene is little more than a convenient send-up that the writers saw a similarity between what they’ve written and Iverson’s speech, leaning in to the latter as a jokey homage for all the sports fans out there. What follows is a nearly word-for-word recitation of Allen Iverson’s impromptu speech during a 2002 press conference, in which the 11-time NBA All-Star was pressed on an issue brought up by his coach, Larry Brown, about missing practice. Considering the reason Ted sat him in the first place is because Jamie won’t support his teammates, this latest selfish choice sends the happy-go-lucky coach over the edge. Jamie, pouting over getting benched, claims to have an injury that will keep him out of practice. In “Two Aces,” Episode 6 of the first season, Ted has finally had enough. The star player and self-assured celebrity is focused on what’s best for Jamie, no matter what, so it was only a matter of time before he and his new coach butted heads. Jamie Tartt (played by Phil Dunster) only makes time for himself. Ted, played by series co-creator Jason Sudeikis, is a man that’s extremely easy to love, and just as hard to hate - so long as you take the time to get to know him. Typically, the AFC Richmond coach is all smiles and appreciation, flashing a double thumbs up at his boss and slapping his lucky “believe” sign for extra encouragement. Ted Lasso isn’t a man who’s easily riled. Still, Apple's original programming remains, essentially, a (really robust) side project for a company that finds much of its nearly $3 trillion value from making smartphones, computers, smartwatches, headphones and other kinds of tangible technology products.The video above is produced by IndieWire’s Creative Producer Leonardo Adrian Garcia. I'm going to skip listing all the cool comedies and other stuff ( Shrinking, Bad Sisters, Schmigadoon, Peanuts animated specials) that I've also come to really like on Apple TV+, because that could stretch on a bit. A maturing service that is still mostly a side hustle And there's the admirable stuff that didn't always completely work like Brie Larson's Lessons in Chemistry - a period piece with lush production values that didn't quite match the success of the New York Times bestselling novel which inspired it. Television 'Five Days at Memorial' showcases John Ridley's skill at tough storiesĪnd there's a cool new British police drama coming to the streamer next year, Criminal Record, which pits Cush Jumbo's midlevel police detective against a superior who may be dirty, played by Peter Capaldi.
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