Boston, on the other hand, was pumping with Irish blood and its team took a workingman’s approach to basketball. Lakers games were a form of theatre, and sold-out arenas filled with the likes of Farrah Fawcett, Rob Lowe and Jack Nicholson sitting courtside.Ĭelebrities started attending Lakers games at the LA Forum just to be seen the narrator (and a Celtics fan), Donnie Wahlberg, dismissively calls the Forum “the arena that doubles as a nightclub.” Lakers games quickly became the centre of Hollywood glamour and Magic was the ringleader, standing 6ft 9in high, and appearing much larger. Magic was Hollywood personified with his thousand-watt smile and razzle-dazzle style of play, he brought showmanship to the NBA. Like all great rivalries, it’s the differences between enemies that allow for the closest matchups. The reasons for the game’s ascent are varied and complicated – including increased television interest, endorsement deals with McDonald’s and Nike and the expansion of the league to more markets – but one major draw was the rivalry between the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics, and in particular, between Lakers point guard Magic Johnson and Celtics forward Larry Bird. It is because the people find him entertaining and different from all the other presidents and we all know Filipinos love to be entertained by what they see on television.In the 1980s, basketball went from a marginal interest to an absolute phenomenon. This can be a parallel to Philippine politics as to why Duterte has so many loyal followers even with his constant ad hominem, misogynistic tendencies, open threats to people, and his foul mouth.
The profanity from these political experts was entertaining to the people and so, ABC ratings were up. It was the most popular because it showed that even though they were respected and civilized gentlemen, they had this violent side as evidenced by their eye-twitching and lip-quivering as these hurtful words were said to each other. From those debates, the pinnacle was when they called each other slurs (crypto-nazi, queer). It is important to note that the Buckley – Vidal debates happened because ABC, being the least viewed channel at that time, needed to step up from NBC and CBS and they actually did. Clearly, this ‘law and order’ is NOT working out. This current administration claims that their policies are to improve the overall welfare of the Filipino people but why is the economy the lowest it has been for years, inflation rate is at its highest, lumads are being dispersed from their own lands, most drug lords are acquitted in this ‘drug war’, and people like Mocha Uson are getting paid for being stupid. Though these debates happened in 1968, history does repeat itself as this ostensible sorting out is not only making a comeback in the US but also in the Philippines as magnified by the current Duterte administration which is undoubtedly anti-poor.
They used this phrase to impose peace in America but it was really just a euphemism for classifying people and sorting them out by their socioeconomic status, religion, and most prominently, race. In the documentary, the phrase ‘law and order’ was mentioned a lot of times especially by Buckley and Nixon.
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