Seeing Everything. Maybe.
One of my guilty pleasures is Kansas City Chiefs football. I could write a lot about that, and whether it is good or bad or painful (too often!) or joyous (as it has indeed been a few times recently). A year or two ago one of the streaming services, I forget which one, had a feature about the "inside lives" of NFL quarterbacks. Three were showcased, and one of them was Patrick Mahomes, the fine Chiefs quarterback. The idea was filmmakers were allowed a bit into his personal life, and I watched some of it. Then stopped . After a while I really felt uncomfortable being shoved into someone else's private domain, even if it involved the most innocuous goings-ons about the most marvelous people on the planet. I have always loathed "reality" shows because they are absolutely not reality. The instant a camera and microphone show up, it becomes simulacra. Instantly, categorically, and permanently. Last night I went out to the movie theater to watch You Can See Everythin...