Ted Lasso | BELIEVE
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Ted and me
The short version is that I’m a 64 year old man.
I’m grateful to Jason Sudaikis for having created Ted Lasso.
This strange “comedy” that made me cry way more than it made me laugh.
But that always made me happy.
And now for the long version.
When I first heard of Ted Lasso I made a snap judgement that a show with such a asinine premise would not be worth my time, I believe I was in good company.
But towards the end of the first run, I stumbled upon more than a few intriguing reviews and decided to be curious. Well, I was reeled in, hook, line and sinker. From what I’ve read, mine is a rather common story.
I’ve watched a fair share of TV drama and comedy over the years and I’ve enjoyed most of it as well crafted entertainment but with an appropriate detachment, it’s just fiction after all.
It’s a truly rare event when I have concerns about the fate of fictitious characters to the extent of feeling trepidation before each new installment. And that’s nothing compared to the elation I experience when good things happen to them and the sadness when they’re down. But I’m comforted in knowing I’m not alone in being sad.
I’ve loved every episode and had my share of goose bumps, lump in the throat and many tears.
A certain amount of suspension of disbelief was required but that’s ok.
Some might say that Ted Lasso fell on the fertile ground of our pandemic trauma. But Covid-19 was just one loud noise within the unsettling cacophony of modern life. The so called Global Village is confronting us to a world that is changing fast and wide towards an uncertain destination. This uncertainty frightens us and leads us towards ways of coping that aren’t always wise. We seek easy solutions to difficult problems and, since the dawn of time, the most obvious has been to seek confort in numbers. Until recently, who we congregated with was determined by proximity and allowed for a certain level of diversity. From this diversity we could expect ideologies and behaviors that are reasonable and moderated by the need to get along. For the first time in history, humans are no longer constrained by geography in defining their “community”. The World Wide Web and the social networks are game changers. Many of us have now found refuge in citadel like bubbles where homogeneity reigns supreme. Everyone believes the same things and have the same fears. Debate is proscribed and indoctrination as replaced inquisitiveness. Knowledge is excess baggage and emotions rule the day. Those bubbles often end up being steered by a few charismatic individuals who at best seek self importance but at worst seek power. The most savvy among them even manage to monetize our fears and offer a store full of opinions and bullet points that we can weaponize in our dealings with the uninitiated. In its simplest form our position regarding any crisis is that we are blameless, strangers are responsible, anyone saying otherwise is lying and, better yet, there is no crisis. Outsiders are a threat and are to be dealt with accordingly. It’s Do Onto Others Before They Do Onto You. The road toward hatred becomes very short indeed. But hatred is always foolish and all this foolishness makes those bubbles utterly sterile. They drag all of us down.
In this environment where nastiness has been elevated to virtue Ted Lasso is an ode to decency as strength not as weakness. And I’m grateful for it’s existence.
Beyond that, I try to understand further why Ted Lasso has had such a unusual impact on myself as well as on many others.
I’m old enough to have watched M.A.S.H. during it’s original run and I can’t help feeling a similar vibe. There is no commonality between the bleakness of the Korean War and the bling of the Premier League but it’s worth noting that the kids that we groome into becoming the star athletes that will entertain us can just as easily be repurposed into the soldiers that will protect us. Those two shows thrive at finding humor anywhere and at any time whether it’s a surgeon slipping on a pool of urine or a keeper getting hit on the schnoz. Hawkeye and Ted are masters at making light of any situation, when needed. Neither show is pure comedy, they both took on serious issues. With time, both allowed us to go beyound the first impression and deepen our understanding of the many characters. Both demonstrate that life is tough but that humor is one of the cracks that lets the light in. (Shout out Leonard Cohen!)
While Seinfeld was the show about nothing, Ted Lasso is the show about everything. More to the point, it’s about life.
AFC Richmond, the stadiums, the games are just background, the canvas on which the lives of the characters unfold. The plot is secondary, the team wll be fine. It’s about the multiple stories that crisscross one another and that we observe and get captivated and enthralled by. Lives very much like ours. Of course most of us don’t have the material comfort of those individuals but, except for Rebecca, their position is precarious. So they, as we, must navigate life without a clear roadmap. In the second season’s last episode Ted said it so well, life is about making choices. We do our best, we try, we stumble, we make mistakes, we ask questions, we learn, we take the good, we accept the bad, we correct, we fix, we make amends, we keep going and, hopefully, we become the better versions of ourselves. Onward, Forward.
Ted Lasso makes the case that, even though we should always try to be nice, we should never fail to be kind. Being nice is easy, it’s just saying hello with a smile but it’s also basically empty. As a Canadian, I should know. Being kind is putting in the effort, it shows that you care. It comes at a cost that is worth paying because it’s another crack that lets in the light. Roy is not a nice man but he’s a very kind one
This show is not plot driven but it is message driven. It seeks to show the way but is not about the destination it’s about the journey. Each generation as an impact on the next and it’s a responsability to be taken with earnestness. Dereliction of duty can have long lasting effect.
But there’s, most of all, a message of hope. Wounds can be healed, what is stuck can be freed,the lost can find the right path, with a little help from our friends. It’s about how loving, caring, trusting can clear the path forward. It’s about honesty with others but mostly with ourselves. It’s about the courage to show ourselves, warts and all, without a mask of fierceness, of meekness or of cheeriness. It’s about the value of friendship and the strenght of solidarity. It’s about not demanding respect but giving it for we are all worthy of it. It’s about acceptance and forgiveness. It’s about treating others in the way we would want to be treated ourselves. It’s about the family we’re born with and the family we make along the way.
The biggest crack of all is love, in all its many splendors. It allways finds a way to get through and is the source of all wisdom. Nothing is more fertile or uplifting.
The unrelenting optimism, at once Ted’s stenght and weekness, is the reason the show is comedy and not drama. Ultimately, everything is funny and for the same reason that there are few fates worst than being sad and alone the best laughs are the ones shared with the most.
I’m gratefull for the journey.
To the creators of the show and to the extremely talented cast and crew I can only say,
job well done and thank you.
Everything above was written before the final episode but now that I’ve watched it, it hasn’t changed in any way how I felt.
The conclusion was as perfect as it could be. The characters all got what they deserved and it made me happy. No point in nitpicking, the creators deserve our respect for the narrative choices they made.
We may wish for the story to go on, on the screen rather than in our minds. It may happen, there are strong incentives coming from many directions. The behind closed doors process is likely to be akin to sausage making and I have little desire to dwell on it. Que sera sera.
Storyline décisions would have to be made. I don’t see Ted returning to the UK. Therefore it’s a choice between a new adventure for Ted or sticking with the Richmond gang. Either could end up being very good or could fail miserably and cloud our memories of the original. Beware what you wish for. Personally, I’m good with letting them live out their existence beyond our gaze.
In my imagination, Phoebe becomes the very foul mouthed captain of England’s Team and Ted brings back glory to a struggling hockey team in Montréal.
This show was probably conceived just to entertain but, for many of us, it managed to accomplish way more. Some have testified that it allowed them to carry on through dark periods of their lives. Many more have found an inspiration in going forward. Most just had a good time and that, in of itself, made it fit for purpose.
For a brief moment, I felt a void after the final credits. It didn’t last, life goes on and we’ll muddle through as always. Ted was the avatar for a group of creators and writers who distilled their life experiences, their successes and their failures into a message that went deeper and further than their original aim. The Lasso Way isn’t complicated.
It’s not about telling, it’s about asking
Because,
If you’re kind you care
If you care you’re curious
If you’re curious you ask questions
The answers to those questions might enlighten the person who’s asked more than the person who’s asking.
The good old Socratic Method.
It’s also about feeling no shame in asking for help.
You all take care now and be kind
Believe!
RT
Have you posted this on every ted lasso video? If so, I applaud your love for the show! Changed my life too.
So beautiful because I think you articulated exactly what most people saw in this show. It was beautiful.
This show is helping me to not hate myself
Duuuuude this is a fucking masterpiece!! The music is perfect, same as dialogues. I’m already missing this show so much man 😢. Congrats for making this masterpiece mannnnn!!!
Thanks bro, I appreciate it!
Thank you for creating Ted Lasso.
I just finished watching the show and now I found this. Man that is an amazing video!!!!!
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoyed the show too. ;)
Wow what an edit! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I got chills
Damn brother... This was really great ! I never watched this show, but I got no problem to understand the story you explained very well in this video ! Great work !
Thanks bro, I really appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
go watch it!!
What an edit! Amazing 🔥❤
Thank you! :)
Great video, Victor Strand likes it too, HA!!
tHAnks! 😂
wow. so good , so good
Thank you! :)
That was brilliant
Pure Genius
I hope this was a passion project because you should not be editing stuff for free. Barbecue Sauce.
Right?!
I watched the show, I saw all that but I still want to see THIS movie🙌🏼
Amazing editing.
Thank you! :)
Football is life 🤍
Hey, I want to make an edit myself too. How did you find the music, or can i use the same as you did?
Which did you use though, I only see galaxy falling
Hey! Well, I found it on yt.. but yeah, you can use the same. :)