![]() Opening with a flashback to his childhood that featured his parents arguing in one room with the casket of his brother in another, viewers get a very real look at some of the real-life struggles West went through as a child. ![]() ![]() It was certainly a dramatization of West, and perhaps a slightly unfair one, but the second episode of “Winning Time” takes a much more serious tone - both at the start of the hour, and throughout - with West taking center stage. The portrayal was the source of articles and tweets from multiple media platforms and was a topic in Anthony Irwin and Harrison Faigen’s interview with Jeff Pearlman on last week’s “Lakers Lounge.” While largely well-received, a good chunk of the negative reaction to the first episode of “Winning Time” was centered around the depiction of Jerry West as an anger-filled, constantly-raging figure, capped off by him chucking his Finals MVP trophy through his office window. Each week, we’ll be looking back on the newest episode of HBO’s “Winning Time” and fact-checking or adding more details on some of the key and bigger plot points by using the book “Showtime: MAGIC, KAREEM, RILEY, AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS DYNASTY OF THE 1980S” By Jeff Pearlman. ![]()
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