In the 90s in the United States, there was Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi and some other sportsmen who were dreaming of the whole world. Brett Favre did not have this world aura. But in his country, the triple MVP was already a legend. Triple MVP, winner of the Super Bowl and spectacular player, with a missile lance instead of the arm. With a surplus of image: the good guy from the South, who goes to fishing. A nice guy. A ” American Hero. »»
Surprise (or not), do not believe what we see on television. And the stakeholders of “scandal quarterback”, the Netflix documentary dedicated to Favre, rather frankly.
“I was asked to write the family man on Brett Favre. I replied that I was not doing in fiction. ” Atmosphere.
“How does he sleep in the evening?” »»
“Brett Favre ruined my life. »»
Beyond punchlines, the new Netflix production remains quite wise, in its content as its construction.
A documentary in three acts. The hero's journey to start, with a few clues of what will follow. Then the first scandal, when he harassed Jenn Sterger, then used by the jets. Finally the second case, with the embezzlement of public funds for which he is still prosecuted in civilian in the Mississippi.
An effective synthesis which has the merit of making things clear, but which reveals nothing new.
Brett Favre: the ailments of his eras
Where we discover a Favre symbol of the excesses of its time. Or rather of his eras.
In 2008, he was a superstar who believes herself allowed to recover the phone number of an employee of his team to invite her without her room or send her photos of her penis. The jets look elsewhere. When the case leaves – against the will of the young woman – it is obviously she who is mainly judged, humiliated and blacklisted by potential employers. With the eternal shattered arguments type ” She looked for her well, she wore a skirt. She does not make the weight in the face of the “good guy” who weighs millions.
Since 2020, in a completely different register, Brett Favre has been accused of having benefited from public money supposed to help ” the poorest of the poor In her native mississipi. We still speak of $ 5 million. “” If you pay me, can the media be able to learn it? », Writes the quarterback in an SMS which seems to indicate that it has a good idea of what is happening.
Yes, but the “good guy” knows how to live with his time. He has money and power. He is a man of the people, but with a lawyer who defended Donald Trump. Then Favre denies. He does not respond to requests to interview Netflix documentary makers. He threatens journalists with bastard procedures. The usual panoply of the time. In 2025 as in 2008, he did what wealthy people are doing. And he will be clearly not worried than that.
Brett Favre is not a nice guy, therefore. But the documentary “Scandal Quarterback” is more acting as a rigorous news presentation than a really striking or surprising documentary.
