Control it like Beckham?

Milla Ling-Davies  |  Features  |  culture watch
Date posted:  1 Jan 2024
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Control it like Beckham?

David Beckham sporting that 'buzz cut'

It can be terrifying feeling out of control. My husband was driving back from Cardiff last weekend when his car skidded on water on the motorway. He did what most of us would do in that situation – he tightened his grip on the wheel.

In Netflix’s new documentary Beckham, this is exactly what we see former England football captain David Beckham do when his life begins to spiral. As things gets wilder and wilder, his grip on what remains in his control gets tighter and tighter. But while it’s the instinctive response – is it the right one?

On it’s release, Beckham was Netflix’s most streamed show in the UK, and I’d recommend it. It tracks his life from a boy kicking a ball about with his Dad, to a megastar playing for the best team in the world. Throughout the highs and lows of his career, we see a battle for autonomy play out in an interesting way.

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