Mark Wahlberg Releases the Trailer for the 6-Part Docuseries About Mark Wahlberg the World Has Been Clamoring For
YouTube - Building a business is tough. But when it's your purpose, you do everything you can to make it happen. Wahl Street follows Mark Walhberg on his journey as an entrepreneur, actor, producer, and family man. The docuseries is streaming April 15th, only on HBO Max.
All I can say, as one Masshole to another is, "Well it's about fucking time."
The first life on Earth came into existence about 4 billion years ago. The first mammals appeared about 256 millions years ago. The earliest primates, 18 million years. And what we consider homo sapiens have been around for approximately 300,000 or so years. And all that evolution which began in the primordial ooze has been one long, slow, steady ascension to this one moment. Humankind's highest achievement. The six-part documentary series we've always wanted, about our species' most highly developed creature, Mark Wahlberg.
Actor. Mogul. Workout god. Hamburger entrepreneur. Guns sculptor. Kettle bell enthusiast. Smedium t-shirt aficionado. Guy who leans over a laptop looking concerned. If you thought he was going to rest on his laurels after making "The Happening," Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" or "Transformers: The Age of Extinction," well you'd better think again. The critics harped on "Patriots Day" because Wahlberg's fictional cop character appeared all over the place saving the day time and time again. But his real life looks busier than that. Only with more jurisdictions. And more heroic.
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My only complaint is that it's just six episodes. Does HBO Max really think they can tell his whole story in so little time? Hell, they could do a six part series on The Funky Bunch alone. And another one on just his abs workouts.
How could they possibly think this would do anything more than scratch the surface? The public has so, so many questions and so few hours to get them answered. Like, will he explain how he could be all up in his best friend Tom Brady's face in one Super Bowl, and then in the next walk out of the stadium with his boy losing 28-3? Then the next year, when Brady makes it again, say he doesn't care which team wins? Then announce he's a Cowboys fan because Jerry Jones let him open a burger stand in his stadium? More to the point, are we going to witness him making himself so damned hot by waking up at 2:30 a.m. to pray and lift?
On the other hand, while we'd all prefer a 36-part reality series on all things Mark Wahlberg, we mustn't let perfect be the enemy of good here. Six episodes about his fascinating life is six more than we had before. And since the viewership on this epic saga will be unlike anything HBO has seen before, we might as well just start clearing our 2022 calendars for "Wahl Street: Season 2."