Fictionalized shows drawn from real life don’t always satisfy the people depicted.
But when the subjects are superstars accustomed to speaking for themselves, their criticism can take on a life of its own.
That’s what happened after the first season of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” which returns for a second season on Sunday.
But many of the people portrayed in Season 1 objected loudly to the way they and others were depicted — Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Solomon Hughes) and Coach Jerry West (Jason Clarke) among them.
West even demanded an apology from HBO (and his character does seem more muted in the coming season).
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