The next documentary in Netflix’s sports series “Untold” debuts Aug. 8. Assuming you have yet to see it, you’re in good company. Neither has its subject.
Johnny Manziel, now 30, reckons he knows the story. He lived the story. He doesn’t need an advanced screener. When “Untold” drops, he’ll sit on a couch in his home outside Dallas and watch it like everyone else.
His story traces a familiar arc, the star athlete/entertainer who is unable/unwilling to resist the onslaught of fame and newfound wealth and all its trappings. But the same way Netflix now offers playback speeds of 1.25 and 1.5, the accelerated pace of Manziel’s rise and fall was extraordinary.
