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Real or Fake? That's the essential question behind the long history of professional wrestling. In Nature Boy, an ESPN Films 30 for 30documentary on the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction life of Ric Flair, director Rory Karpf (I Hate Christian Laettner) bares the soul of someone whom millions of fans think they know. Propelled by two rousing yet brutally honest interviews with Flair conducted 16 months apart, the film traces his epic career-from the creation of his blond Adonis character, through the glory days of the NWA and The Four Horsemen, to his poignant last years in the ring. Serving as witnesses are a Who's Who of wrestling: Triple H, The Undertaker, Baby Doll, Shawn Michaels, Jim Ross, Ricky Steamboat, Sting and Hulk Hogan. As a pure wrestler, he was truly beloved. His 'Woooo' showmanship was imitated by athletes from other sports, as well as the hip-hop community. But as interviews with family members and Flair himself reveal, his frenzied lifestyle masked the loneliness of a man who could never please his physician father and then ran away from his own wives and children-and toward an almost unbearable tragedy. It was Ric Flair who popularized the boast, 'If you want to be The Man, you gotta beat The Man.' In this film, you'll get to meet the man.

Director's Take

I grew up a huge wrestling fan as a kid in Philadelphia during the 1980's. I would plead with the various adults in my life to take me to see wrestling live in the city. I was enamored with the alternate reality that professional wrestling provided me...an entire world filled with crazy characters, unreal athleticism and fascinating storylines. I was totally hooked. My favorite performers were 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, 'Mr. Perfect' Curt Hennig and the 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair.

Ric Flair was the guy fans loved to hate. I just loved him. He had the life most dreamed about...fancy clothes, jet airplanes, and any woman he wanted. He was simply THE MAN. Years later, the curtain was pulled back, and it was revealed openly that wrestling was predetermined. Many of the performers were nothing like the characters they portrayed...except Ric Flair. He was the 'Nature Boy.' He really was living the lifestyle he created as a wrestler. It's what made him one of the greatest ever.

As a filmmaker, I was interested in exploring what makes a wrestler 'great.' If the outcomes are predetermined, than how is the greatest wrestler ever decided? There aren't metrics to measure such as points scored, or homeruns to determine greatness. I wanted to give wrestling its just due...as a performance art and also as a sport. Flair is one of the best ever by his work in the ring and on the mic. In a sport that some condescendingly called 'fake,' Ric Flair was real. But like he said in his promos, he 'paid the price.' All the glittered wasn't gold for the Nature Boy. It is what makes Ric such a fascinating film subject, whether the viewer is a wrestling fan or not.

Rory Karpf

Rory Karpf is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker who specializes in telling emotional, heartfelt stories.

In 2007, Rory directed the theatrical release 'Dale,' the first authorized documentary on the life of racecar driver Dale Earnhardt. Narrated by Academy Award winner Paul Newman, 'Dale' became the highest selling sports themed DVD of all time. Rory followed that up with 'The Ride of Their Lives' which aired on Showtime and was narrated by Academy Award winner Kevin Costner. In 2009, Rory directed 'Together,' a film that aired on ABC and was narrated by Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise.

Rory directed and produced the ESPN films 'Silver Reunion', 'Tim Richmond: To the Limit' and 'The Book of Manning'. In 2015, Rory was Showrunner on the popular series, 'Snoop & Son: A Dad's Dream', featuring pop culture icon Snoop Dogg. He then went on to direct the ratings hit 'I Hate Christian Laettner,' one of the most popular entries in the ESPN 30 for 30 film series. Current projects for Rory as Director and Executive Producer include an 8-episode docuseries on Netflix with Snoop Dogg; a comic book series for AMC; and a feature film. Rory currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his sons Cooper and Tyler.

Director: Rory Karpf

Length: 77 minutes without commercials, 90 minutes with.

Installment: #95 by ESPN’s count (#96 by mine, counting the O.J. doc as one installment, although ESPN initially counted it as five different 30 for 30s, but now seems to list it separately, not as part of the series. Additionally, one finished project in Down In The Valleyhas been suspended from airing.)

Most Similar To:Brian and the Boz, Tommy

Grade/Ranking: Mid 30s out of 96

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Review: Ric Flair holds a special place within American pop culture. You likely have a friend or friends who quotes him and belts out his infamous “Wooooo!” regardless of the appropriateness of its usage. In my fantasy football league, there is a team named Woo! The trifecta of idiots on Team Woo earned the name because they drink more than the other seven teams at the draft every year combined and take way too long to make their picks. When other league members bemoaned the lengthy draft delays, they’d chug more beer and belt out a “Wooooooo!” in response, essentially a spirited way of saying “It is what it is, deal with it.” That’s more or less the unique spirit of Ric Flair which Nature Boy aims to shine a light on.

If you were hoping for a linear storytelling of Flair’s rise, his in-ring triumphs, and the backstory on his career, you’re going to come away severely disappointed. There are elements that focus on the particulars of Flair’s career sprinkled in throughout, but it’s in small portions and served in a hurried fashion. Nature Boy isn’t about his Flair’s career, but rather his persona. That’s probably the right choice, given it’s not the championships and matches we remember so much as how Flair carried himself both in and out of the ring. That said, I’m of the thought with an added half-hour, the mix between the two could have been a bit more even in terms of personal introspection and retracing Flair’s storied career.

I put this installment in the mid-30s out of the 96 30 for 30 installments. That grade took into consideration the fact that Nature Boy has a level of anticipation, nostalgia and simple fun, that other installments don’t have. I think a more true grading would have it in the mid-40s when evaluating it from a pure story and filmmaking perspective.

Director Rory Karpf was able to procure the involvement of pretty much everyone you’d hope to see here, including family members, his wrestling peers, and various fans and commentators. Some have quibbled about Karpf’s usage of animated retellings of various Flair capers, many of which focus on his partying and propensity to expose himself to unsuspecting individuals.

I actually enjoyed the animated stories and while they did feel a bit out of place, the reality is that one of the three key components of documentary filmmaking is archival news footage and that wasn’t really an option here. While WWE granted usage of various match and promotional footage, and the interviews were telling, there are no clips of local news anchors or SportsCenter anchors discussing big developments in Flair’s career because, well, wrestling has always been shunned from being covered by traditional media compared to “real” sports. Archival news footage often can take up 10-40% of a documentary, so without any to lean on here, the animated clips really helped fill the void and break up the interviews.

Similar to Tommy and Brian and The Boz, the film focuses on when a pop culture icon begins to take over the real-life person behind that icon and the effect it has on that person’s life, relationships, and loved ones. Nature Boy does an admirable job of balancing out the ridiculousness of Ric Flair’s life outside the ring, and the unique and celebrated personality that decades later is still beloved and mimicked in culture today, along with the tradeoffs Flair had to make with his family and on the home front.

The film does touch on his various in-ring rivalries, some of his bigger matches, and his moves between wrestling federations, but I think many will find that his wrestling career is always kept at a distance and is never really drilled into with much analysis or commentary. The film mentions that Flair’s financial needs led to him wrestling maybe a decade or more longer than he should have, and showed a few clips of him wrestling way past his prime. You’re not given really any context beyond that in terms of how, when, and why Flair opted to come back, how many matches he performed, who they were against, and whether or not he won. About a third of his career is basically reduced down to a blanket statement and 20 seconds of footage.

Throughout the film, Flair’s career gets this drive-by treatment, which I think is fine for most. But unless you’re a knowledgable wrestling fan, you really don’t ever get a good feel for the trajectory of Flair’s career. There is very little discussion about some of the bigger matches in his career, the storylines behind his matches, the back and forth between different wrestling organizations, and so on. I understand why that decision was made, but think a lot of wrestling fans will be disappointed Flair’s career takes such a back seat in the film.

I think this was a subject that was going to hit paydirt regardless of the direction taken with the film, especially when given to a quality director like Karpf. My personal taste would have preferred some more introspection and discussion of Flair’s rise and longevity as a wrestling icon. But ultimately, this was packaged as a breezier 90-minute installment that didn’t veer into some the muck that is the business of pro wrestling. I imagine Nature Boy will go over well in terms of reception and ratings, so perhaps we’ll start to see an annual wrestling installment going forward, which I think would be welcomed, given how low-hanging fruit for sports documentaries is becoming a bit more sparse these days.