It's normally a hacky device for a biography to take the position that "this isn't really about its subject- it's actually about America," but 'Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America' somehow pulls it off.
It was a way to look at these stories without any of the slickness, nor the corporate ass-covering, that comes from the usual WWE-approved documentaries.
Due to the proliferation of streaming services, and also the pandemic pushing a whole new class of movies to video on demand channels, there's been a sudden glut of documentaries in the late summer and early fall.
20 years ago this month saw the arrival of a prominent documentary that was produced outside the auspices of WWE. And it was directed by a guy best known as a comedy writer.
