Second season of FX docuseries about Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of soccer club Wrexham A.F.C. will still give you hope
plays. We also hear from a few haters and opposing fans who resent these deep-pocketed outsiders and their socioeconomic experiment. It’s hard to blame them.
But it’s also difficult to muster much genuine enmity for McElhenney, Reynolds and their made-for-television success story, or to feel the kind of schadenfreude that greets, say, hedge funder Steve Cohen when he pumps gobs of cash into a still-mediocre Mets team. Wrexham, the team and the town, are overflowing with human-interest stories, and still scarred from a lengthy economic downturn. Yes, the new owners have signed checks to procure better players and stadium improvements.
All of which raises another implicit question: What’s wrong with any of that? From this vantage point, not much. Premiering Sept. 12, its second season, or at least the four episodes that were made available to critics,continues to acknowledge its Hollywood origins with a self-deprecating nod and wink. We see the longtime owner of The Turf, the bar attached to the team’s stadium, gently chase some American tourists away in the midst of an interview.
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