With HBO producing, and Liev Schrieber narrating, a 24/7 spotlighting me would be engaging, evocative, poignant and dramatic. They could make the bland grand, turning my rather pedestrian existence into something majestic.
“Editor Mike changes Juliette’s diaper, deftly using a moist wipe to make certain that his most precious offspring is clean, and for the time being, serene. He stands over her a contrast in size, and a stranger might see his bald dome and hulking form, and register surprise as he makes goo goo sounds, and grins goofily, in an attempt to make the newborn smile. She does, and gurgles, and Editor Mike scoops her up, tenderly, and hands her off to his wife, Jessica. Because The Sweet Science needs his attention, because TSS Universe demands new content. If they don’t get, they get as cranky as Juliette, protesting her soiled diaper.”
Please read that last bit in Schrieber’s voice, and add some soundtrack music of your choice to juice it up…
HBO’s latest 24/7 takes a comprehensive look at the two principals in the November 13th junior middleweight clash pitting Manny Pacquiao against Antonio Margarito. The first installment ran Saturday, and we got a look at Pacquiao in the political ring, as Congressman. “That’s my dream, to serve people. I want to help them, because I know what they’re feeling. I know the feeling of being nothing in life,” says the seven division champion, who is gunning for a title in an eighth class. The Congressman has taken leave from the current session to train for his fight, and we hear that he gets constant updates from aides.
Is it possible, we wonder, is the man spreading himself too thin? Will he leave the sweet science to put more emphasis on politics?
Freddie Roach admits that he worries some when Manny talks about “missing his job” and he reminds the fighting pol that boxing is his number one vocation.
Viewers see in contrast that Antonio Margarito, referred to as “a disgraced ex champion,” is fully on message, looking to shore up his rep, tainted by his hand wrap flap. He tells viewers that he didn’t know what was in his wraps as he waited to face off with Shane Mosley. Most folks find that hard to believe, but we’ll likely get as much closure on this as we have on the JFK assassination. Margarito, in street clothes, tells us that he grilled trainer Javier Capetillo, asking him about the hardened wraps, and wondered why ingredients for plaster of Paris were found on the confiscated pads. His co-manager Sergio Diaz tells us Tony was depressed as he sat out for 16 months, after California pulled his license. “I’ll
