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Losers

Losers is a thrilling show about the most overlooked people in sports: the ones that didn't win.

Documentary

8.4

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United States of America
English
Docu-series, Instructive, Thought-provoking
2019
Mauro Prosperi, Michael Bentt, Surya Bonaly
30 min

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Our Take

8.4
The Staff

While this perspective on competitive sports is obviously unconventional, it makes perfect sense. Winners are boring. If you win, you win. The losers, however, have defeat to deal with. As the proverb goes, you learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat. Director and creator of the show’s amazing animation, Mickey Duzyj, was inspired by a personal experience during a tennis tournament as a teenager. Each episode of this 2019 Netflix show tells a different story from a different sport. For starters, episode one looks at Michael Bentt, a world champion boxer who was forced into the sport by his abusive father. So, things do get dark, as could be expected, the storytelling is complex, but the message of Losers is as simple as it is wholesome. Like the characters and life stories it portrays, this show will pick you up when you are down!

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