There are acrobatics, broken hearts and so many narrative twists it leaves your head spinning. No wonder fans are delighted by Netflix acquiring this tale of small-time scrappers
hether a character is a story’s villain or hero is down to perspective. In the case of professional wrestling, these choices are made behind the scenes as Netflix’s latest drama explains, with the heroes known as “faces” and the villains “heels”.
There are some interesting meta-textual flourishes, such as when Jack and his business partner, Willie , debate the importance of satisfying story arcs – and the unpredictable endings that sustain a fandom’s passion for the story. But the series is a little too po-faced to have much fun with them and aesthetically it feels strangely unspecific.
Just like Jack, Heels takes a little while to find its footing. It’s only in the second season that you see what this team is really capable of – moving away from the brothers’ conflict to paint a wider portrait of broken hearts, masculine bravado and where the future of wrestling could lie.
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