As a documentary designed to entertain and inform both fans and non-fans of wrestling alike, The Sheik chronicles the rise and fall (and rise once again due to social media) of classic squared circle bad guy The Iron Sheik. And it's interesting to note here at the outset, given how interest in Iron Sheik's actual wrestling career might be limited to males within a certain age range, that Twitter has now turned him - real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri - into even more of a cartoonish "entity" who younger generations can enjoy a la carte.
So if you're a follower/fan of wrestling, some of the things covered in The Sheik might already be part of your mental rolodex. But even then, this piece offers up a few surprises. "Warts and all" might be an apt expression to use as The Sheik does not shy away from Vaziri's lapse into (even harder) drug use and the years squandered as a result. To compare this film to another niche-celeb documentary I watched recently, Starring Adam West, The Sheik's second half is also about the resurrection of a man and the reconstruction of a career based solely on a particular personality, cadence, and demeanor. But the Adam West documentary seemed to awkwardly skip over West's sordid, lost years.
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