{"id":433664,"date":"2022-04-18T23:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T23:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T20:44:35","slug":"watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;They Call Me Magic&#8217; Review: A Look Inside Magic Johnson&#8217;s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7700b9d3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7700b9d3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98They_Call_Me_Magic_Review_A_Look_Inside_Magic_Johnsons_Head%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;They Call Me Magic&#8217; Review: A Look Inside Magic Johnson&#8217;s Head&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98They_Call_Me_Magic_Review_A_Look_Inside_Magic_Johnsons_Head%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;They Call Me Magic&#8217; Review: A Look Inside Magic Johnson&#8217;s Head&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-they-call-me-magic-review-a-look-inside-magic-johnsons-head\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98They_Call_Me_Magic_Review_A_Look_Inside_Magic_Johnsons_Head%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;They Call Me Magic&#8217; Review: A Look Inside Magic Johnson&#8217;s Head&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98They_Call_Me_Magic_Review_A_Look_Inside_Magic_Johnsons_Head%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;They Call Me Magic&#8217; Review: A Look Inside Magic Johnson&#8217;s Head&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        \u201cI needed to hear the roar of the crowd one more time \u2014 and I heard it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how Magic Johnson describes his 1991 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on Arsenio Hall\u2019s talk show in the new documentary \u201cThey Call Me Magic.\u201d It was a key moment in Johnson\u2019s public life, coming just after the basketball star\u2019s announcement that he had contracted HIV. And it\u2019s slightly telling that what Johnson recalls is not any particular thing he said but the applause of the audience for whom he was putting on a show.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, throughout both his athletic and business careers, is as close to an entertainer as an athlete gets. And \u201cThey Call Me Magic,\u201d though often glowingly promotional, does an elegant job of depicting the mentality of a figure who needs his public just as much as they need him.<\/p>\n<p>The contours of Johnson\u2019s story will be familiar to anyone currently watching HBO\u2019s \u201cWinning Time,\u201d about the so-called \u201cShowtime\u201d era of the Los Angeles Lakers. The team was invigorated by owner Jerry Buss\u2019 approach to presenting sports as sometimes salacious amusement, and by a new superstar out of Lansing, Michigan. We see how Magic got his nickname as a high-school phenom, and the unusual amount of attention that attended him \u2014 his decisions to attend Michigan State, and then to go pro before graduation, were both <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> events.<\/p>\n<p>This milieu is fascinating and well-drawn by director Rick Famuyiwa; the Showtime era is the strongest portion of \u201cThey Call Me Magic.\u201d The straight-ahead nature of Apple\u2019s documentary is more effective in illustrating the pressures on Johnson than is the frenetic \u201cWinning Time.\u201d With that said, Johnson is an imperfect documentary subject, especially by comparison to the voluble and emotive Michael Jordan in the docu<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cThe Last Dance.\u201d (Jordan, along with several other basketball stars as well as two U.S. Presidents, appears as a talking head here.) Johnson is squarely undemonstrative, as well as something less than completely open. Especially after the story moves to his HIV diagnosis, it\u2019s apparent there are lines of conversation he won\u2019t pursue.<\/p>\n<p>Which means that this series can sometimes fall into the trap of narrating precisely what its subject wants; moments in the final episode in which we run through a laundry list of Johnson\u2019s post-basketball accomplishments in business endeavors are precisely the sort of thing that would, rightly, have been cut were this a two-hour feature film instead of a four-hour series. And there\u2019s a certain heavy silence around Johnson admitting his initial reaction to his son\u2019s coming out, though we\u2019re told he eventually made his peace with his son being gay. (What changed, and why? These are questions the documentary doesn\u2019t dig into.)<\/p>\n<p>What is easiest to glean from Johnson\u2019s speaking to camera, though, is his endless delight at impressing his audience \u2014 not just the joy of winning but the pleasure of being seen winning. And in the main, \u201cThey Call Me Magic\u201d is both an engaging look at the impact this charismatic, endlessly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>making figure had on his era and an occasional glimpse into the mentality of a performer.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey Call Me Magic\u201d launches Friday, April 22, on Apple TV Plus.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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