Sociology of the Sweet Science: Season 2 Episode 2 with David Serero

Описание: 🎥 Sociology of the Sweet Science — Season 2, Episode 2

Guest: David Serero

In this illuminating and wide-ranging conversation, we’re joined by internationally acclaimed baritone, director, playwright, and producer David Serero, whose ambitious new one-man play THE ONE explores the life, voice, and legacy of Muhammad Ali. From the opera house to the Off-Broadway stage, Serero brings his distinctive theatrical vision to the story of one of boxing’s most iconic and complex figures.

Serero discusses the origins of THE ONE, casting Zack Bazile as Ali, and the artistic challenges of portraying a man whose life was itself a performance—equal parts poetry, pugilism, politics, and protest. We delve into the aesthetics and ethics of dramatizing real-life legends, and how Ali’s story echoes urgent cultural themes: race and religion, defiance and dignity, spectacle and sincerity.

This episode goes beyond the ring to consider how theater, sport, and identity converge—and how storytelling itself becomes a battleground for meaning. Serero also offers a glimpse into the upcoming film adaptation of THE ONE, and his work on The Facilitator, a new documentary project focused on peacemaking and global diplomacy.

Whether you’re a boxing historian, theater lover, or student of cultural sociology, this episode offers a rare, intimate look at what it means to shape legacy—and why Muhammad Ali still speaks to us today.

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