ESPN Films Present "The Announcement" : Magic Johnson's Story of HIV

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If your pockets are deep enough you too can beat a death sentence
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I teared up when Magic was talking to the little girl who's HIV positive.

It's an excellent documentary. I highly recommend watching it.
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Kingston Vol said:
I teared up when Magic was talking to the little girl who's HIV positive.

It's an excellent documentary. I highly recommend watching it.
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Same here. It was basically what you expected, but still amazing to see.
 
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Glad the crap got deleted out of this thread. Great documentary.
 
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The only minor thing I didn't like about it was how Magic himself narrated it.
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The reactions people like Karl Malone were talking about were very honest. I was in college at the time and it was pretty much a given that most people thought he'd be dead within a few years.
 
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Billy Costigan said:
The only minor thing I didn't like about it was how Magic himself narrated it.
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I think that is part of what made it great. Here's a guy diagnosed with HIV and 20 years later he's alive, healthy and narrating his own documentary.
 
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GAVol said:
I think that is part of what made it great. Here's a guy diagnosed with HIV and 20 years later he's alive, healthy and narrating his own documentary.
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I see what you mean I'm just saying I didn't like how he did it. At some points it was like he was voice-acting, doing voice-overs for a cartoon in a non-narration fashion.
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Billy Costigan said:
I see what you mean I'm just saying I didn't like how he did it. At some points it was like he was voice-acting, doing voice-overs for a cartoon in a non-narration fashion.
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If you were old enough to remember his "Magic Hour" talk show, the stilted commentary and bad acting wouldn't have shocked you so much.
 
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Was in high school biology class when it was announced. Our teacher, who was also the girls bball coach, bursted out into tears......he was a big fan. It was like a major political figure got shot or something.
 
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GAVol said:
The reactions people like Karl Malone were talking about were very honest. I was in college at the time and it was pretty much a given that most people thought he'd be dead within a few years.
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I wasn't alive at the time so it's amazing to me to see how far we've come in AIDS research and just the general public knowing the facts about the disease.

Magic played a big role in that.

Also, I wonder how many prominent athletes were diagnosed with AIDS at that time but decided not to say anything? I can certainly understand why they wouldn't want to come out, which makes what Magic did all the more remarkable.
 
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I was 8 years old and I remember after hearing the announcement I asked my Dad what AIDs was. That same year I think I also asked him if babies come out of their Mother's butt.

Point is, there was a lot we didn't know about back then.
 
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GAVol said:
The reactions people like Karl Malone were talking about were very honest. I was in college at the time and it was pretty much a given that most people thought he'd be dead within a few years.
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The most incredible part to me was in New York, with the moment of silence. I'm thinking while watching the doc (I'm 19, so before my time). "Holy crap. They actually thought he would die within a month."
 
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zjcvols said:
The most incredible part to me was in New York, with the moment of silence. I'm thinking while watching the doc (I'm 19, so before my time). "Holy crap. They actually thought he would die within a month."
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That's no exaggeration at all. Popular opinion was that he'd just wither away. Most people's only point of reference was Rock Hudson
 
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GAVol said:
That's no exaggeration at all. Popular opinion was that he'd just wither away. Most people's only point of reference was Rock Hudson
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Agree, at that time in the world, it was considered a death sentance. Most people thought he would be dead soon or that he would just get to looking all sickly and skeletor-like. Fast forward to today, and it looks like he could skip a trip or two to the buffet. Amazing
 
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