Osaka - Netflix trailer
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TimHenmanATG
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Sorry if it’s already been posted.
I'm sure you posted this in good faith.
You had authentic reasons for doing so.
There's very little chance you were trying to stir the pot.
MurraysMetalHip
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Obviously been receiving advice from Harry & Meghan.
El_Yotamo
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Remains to be one of the funniest yet saddest occurrences of the year. He handled it extremely gracefully though, props to himIf only the press would behave like this at her interviews she wouldn't need to boycott them!
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Deleted member 771911
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In hindsight, dashed with a touch of cynicism (cough), the RG debacle and Wimbledon withdrawal makes sense. Osaka was talked about on news channels where tennis is an afterthought and was all over international media. Plenty of people who never knew who she was, do now. Oh, look, she has a netflix show out!
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
Yeh, he was very professional about it. Not as professional is the person(s) who requested the interview and didn’t show.
Forehanderer
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No not her atleast not that I know of. Im saying in general most players release their AB before retirement. But definitely the documentary at this stage with her "mental issues" is dodgy.
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Deleted member 780836
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Guys she (+management team) is playing the world like a fiddle. The funny part is no one realizes what's happening. She will laugh her way to the bank.
Bartelby
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FatHead250
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Why would an introvert not want to make a movie about herself? Introverts haven't got weaker life ambitions, and making a movie is one of those ambitions.
But the movie is obviously made to appeal to some kind of audience. With the hardworkign asian mum and come from the poor black dad bit. If she had white parents, everybody would laugh instead of "inspired"
Bartelby
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steenkash
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Playing by her own rules, lmao. So she just refused to do interviews, and now she is some hero? Really low bar for heroic acts nowadays.
Bartelby
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sredna42
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THUNDERVOLLEY
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..and that means absolutely nothing.
One can conclude that your hatred of Osaka popped into existence *like magic* the second she spoke about the most important sociopolitical problem of the era.
Sigh. Being an introvert does not prevent one from using another medium to express themselves in a way they will not in public.
Thankfully, that will not happen, as this "we" you're referring to are--at best--an isolated little group of wannabe anarchists. Osaka is one of the most known and popular tennis players in the world, a woman who is now known beyond the sport, so yes, this young woman with a admirable conscience is popular and has been a great, positive story in tennis.
...and undoubtedly, the people spewing hatred at her are just the type of fools who "hate watch" those they despise, so is safe to say they will be among those who will pay for anything associated with / based on Osaka.
Aussie Darcy
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Ah yes I think I heard somewhere that Netflix was struggling and dying globally...
good one
MrFlip
Professional
Wow. To avoid admitting you're wrong about Osaka. To avoid calling her out as a narcissist, you point the finger at charities bearing the name of the Big 3 calling them self-centered.
Ok
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
You don't think it's a tad vainglorious, even narcissistic, to do good works by blaring out your name, obtaining tax advantages, and employing the family?
HBK4life
Hall of Fame
It’s all a work.So does this strike anyone else as suspicious?
They have had a documentary in the works all along about Osaka's mental health struggles and the pressure she faces? And just before it releases, she pulls these stunts withdrawing from slams to preserve her mental health, thus generating more interest in this snooze-fest production from Netflix?
What a coinky-dink
celito
Professional
Gave her the benefit of the doubt ... but yeah, now it looks like planned PR stunt. As fast as this is coming out after the incident, they had to be filming this prior to it.
TennisDawg
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Looks like the Woman’s draw was still very good at the French and Wimbledon. So Tennis survived without her.
milk of amnesia
Legend
The sad thing is that Naomi probably was one of the sweetest, funniest, most likeable personalities in all of sports, but it seems quite clear that greed and bad management have gotten in the way. She should be out playing tennis, but instead she is focused on marketing herself and making as much money as she possibly can as fast as she can. Right now she reminds me of one of those teenaged Hollywood stars that totally flame out before they become an adult.
Frenchy-Player
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I hope a Boris Becker cameo
Bartelby
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Fedinkum
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Right off the bat when she bursted onto the scene, she gave me this vibe that she wanted to model her public persona on Serena, which was probably contray to her real personality. That was always my problem with her.
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and I had loved her before she fired the coach who's helped her get first couple slams. What she said, I think a couple years back when she dismissed him, was just a show of disrespect, inappreciation and snobby attitude.....which all she's been proving eversince very well.
Blade0324
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I have never liked Osaka! She has come across as a Whiney baby ever since she came on the scene. She thinks she is somehow important, but she is less than worthless! Tennis is her job and doing media is part of said job! Suck it up and do it or quit! No one cares what you think or if you’re too mentally weak! The rules should not change for one person!
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TennisDawg
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I watched two entertaining Womens Semifinals matches. The commentating was all about tennis. It was really nice not having distractions. I hope Naomi can figure it out. It’s too bad she finds the commentary and press so painful that she’s traumatized by it. As a tennis fan I can do without the distraction. If she chooses to come back, just leave the baggage at the door. If she can’t do that maybe professional tennis is too painful for her. It’s her loss. Tennis will survive.
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NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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She's not having an autobiography. Yet.
This docu is directed by Gareth Bradley! Gonna be good.
Moose Malloy
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getting good reviews
The three episodes (each roughly 40 minutes) follow Osaka over two years, elegantly mapping the development of her craft and her voice. Bradley, known for her stunning 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary about the American carceral system, Time, is a masterful storyteller. Her directing philosophy feels like a practice of shaping narratives with her subjects firmly in mind. She teases out who they are and asks how they retain a sense of self, a kind of individuality, within larger systems. It’s a pleasure, then, to see the director successfully apply her sensitive eye and impressionistic style to Osaka, an introverted celebrity forced to live some of her most challenging moments publicly. The resulting work is a poetic, nimble and poignant portrait of young adulthood.
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The three episodes (each roughly 40 minutes) follow Osaka over two years, elegantly mapping the development of her craft and her voice. Bradley, known for her stunning 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary about the American carceral system, Time, is a masterful storyteller. Her directing philosophy feels like a practice of shaping narratives with her subjects firmly in mind. She teases out who they are and asks how they retain a sense of self, a kind of individuality, within larger systems. It’s a pleasure, then, to see the director successfully apply her sensitive eye and impressionistic style to Osaka, an introverted celebrity forced to live some of her most challenging moments publicly. The resulting work is a poetic, nimble and poignant portrait of young adulthood.
Netflix’s ‘Naomi Osaka’: TV Review
In a new docuseries, Garrett Bradley ('Time') uses her sensitive eye and impressionistic style to tell the international tennis star’s story.
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rabidranger
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She's really no different than a lot of young people her age. A general sense of loathing for the country they grew up in. Maybe she'll move to Japan permanently.
Bartelby
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rabidranger
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I'm not assigning blame-just an observation. She obviously likes something about living in the U.S. or she wouldn't live here. She has choices and can live anywhere she chooses. Since she has such an affinity for Japan that would seem to be an obvious choice, or maybe she can put her money where her mouth is and move to Haiti.
Bartelby
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You don't have to like a country to live there. Every country gives birth to a raft of them every year. In any event, isn't being a part of a country also criticising its failings to make it better?
rabidranger
Rookie
She doesn't want to appear to be identified with the U.S. in any way other than to criticize it-that's the point. Like I said, she can move to Japan which has a less than stellar reputation for it's treatment of minorities.
Moose Malloy
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It's interesting how triggered so many tennis fans are by Osaka's support of BLM. Her activism is so mild compared to an Arthur Ashe(he "criticized" the US a lot more than she did) yet he was beloved for it.
Jokervich
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I think people are triggered because they see it as virtue signalling. They see her as a 23 year old kid, with millions in the bank, living an upper-middle class privileged life, attaching herself to a cause/movement for her own personal gain, rather than doing anything to actually help that cause.
So I believe that's where the anger comes from. No one gets angry at people who actually help. They get angry at people who virtue signal (and there are lots of those type of people on social media these days).
BeanTownCoolCat
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Osaka literally grew up in U.S. (Florida). She doesn’t speak much Japanese at all (can watch videos for confirmation). English is her native tone.
She represents Japan because it was easier for her to get sponsorship from Japan when she was young (nothing wrong there). She could represent U.S. since she has dual-citizenship.
She won’t live in Japan since Japanese won’t put up with her diva behavior. Plus at heart she is nothing like a Japanese (other than her mom is from Japan).
rabidranger
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I agree with much of what you are saying although she doesn't have U.S. citizenship anymore. She had to give it up as Japan doesn't recognize dual-citizenship.
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