Ya know.. Not EVERYTHING is worthy of a multi-episode documentary series.
Just repetitive talking heads... over and over..
I can see it as a one-two hour special or film.. but 4 1-hour episodes of talking head after talking head after talking head....
The story itself may be a bit interesting, but it's not realy that compelling in itself. At least not as told by a series of talking heads recounting the past.
There are no recreations here, just stock photos or footage. There is some archival footage of Pratt and some audio.. but that's really a VERY minor aspect, at least thus far. Archival news photos for character.. clips from the films Goodfellas/Casio to pad the story.. it's just a low-effort series - film a bunch of people talking about the past... then edit it together and TRY to make it visually entertaining. It is comical how the talking heads may be discussing Vegas in the 70s.. and the editors throw in some stock footage of a dinner party CLEARLY from the 50s.
In addition, the Pratt footage is really just listening to him lie on film. I've encountered people like this in my life. The issue is these "lies" are not malicious in nature. They only serve to make the "liar" feel inflated and perhaps more important than they really are. It's a deep seated desire be seen as impressive or important by others more than anything. There's no benefit to anyone else pointing out that he's, at best, embellishing the truth, at worst outright lying. There's no upside to calling him out.. so instead people say he's a "good storyteller". Key word being STORY because most of it comes across as rather fictitious.
I mean in the plethora of Escobar documentaries.. and there are quite a few.... I don't believe Pratt's name ever comes up... Nor have I heard Pratt's name in all the smuggling documentaries I've seen. And in the Elvis documentaries, if Pratt's name is mentioned its in passing only as a "costumer" not a coke supplier..... just saying, I don't think he was as integral and he thought he was. He was not a "major player' but clearly, watching the archival footage, he wants others to THINK he was.
It's pathetically produced, regardless of how interesting Pratt and his "story" may be. It just seems like with all the streaming services even the worst product can find SOMEWHERE that will air it.
