When I first turned on “Ted Lasso,” I was looking for a show to have on in the background while cooking and figured it might be harmless enough to fit the bill. At the time, I didn’t know anyone el…
), and the reviews were decidedly mixed. But as someone who became so obsessed with British football during quarantine that I now spend all my idle minutes tinkering with my fantasy league lineup , it seemed worth a shot. Cut to: ten episodes later, when I was crying real tears over what turned out to be a smart and remarkably sweet show about teamwork, friendship and redefined masculinity.
So it makes total sense that the resulting show, in all its thoughtful pleasantness, confused critics and viewers. The preexisting character was an exaggeration of American sports guy clichés who encouraged British footballers to tackle each other like they were trying to stop touchdowns. The show’s version of Ted Lasso, however, is an unfailingly polite teddy bear who makes cookies for his boss every night and just wants his players to be “the best men they can be, on and off the field.
Ted’s relentless positivity in the face of overwhelming odds and a stadium full of furious fans calling him a “wanker!” makes him a better fit for the ailing team than anyone could have anticipated. Unlike most sports coaches, Ted has no ego to speak of. His willingness to get advice from the club’s errand/whipping boy Nate , for example, confuses the hell out of Nate — but it also pays off.
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