You would expect that I like Ted Lasso. For a variety of reasons, that show appealed to me. It was about a Kansas City guy, it was “feel-good,” it dealt with real themes that real people dealt with (mental illness, family upbringing, empowerment of all people). It was “wholesome” on every level.
Wholesome, I mean.
But it is wonderfully beautiful in its own weird way.
It may seem odd to you, but I like TV shows and movies that are a little irreverent. I don’t go in for juvenile and gross humor for their own sake, but I am not, in any way, a prude. I like a little grit, and Jared Keeso and Co. have provided grit in abundance.
Shoresy is about a loud-and-foul-mouthed hockey player. An adult no one likes, but everyone respects. He finds himself playing in a horrible senior hockey league in Northern Canada on a team that is superbly bad. He devises a plan to “never lose again.”
What I love about this show is the way it shows the lengths to which folks go when they want to be successful. There is a key distinction in the story about guys who “Don’t want to win” and guys who “Hate to lose.”
Like all good art, it shows us things about ourselves we might not want to see. It also shows us the beauty of humanity.
I cannot recommend Shoresy enough, but – be forewarned – I cannot recommend it for everyone. If I am your pastor, you may not want to watch it. I don’t want you thinking less of me. 😉
PLGRM 
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