The two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently has been lambasted after he was alleged of sexual misconduct by a fight attendant, who opened up during Dark Side of The Ring “Plane Ride From Hell” edition. Rory Karpf, the director of 30 for 30 documentary, Nature Boy joined latest edition of The Wrestling Inc. Daily with Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman. Becky Lynch Drops Sasha Banks Bombshell
Rory Karpf reveals Ric Flair claims
It has been noted that The “Plane Ride From Hell” has typically been a story presented with a humorous tone. Flair’s history of sexual misconduct over the years has also been presented through a humorous framework. Karpf talked about the framing of these stories, especially in light of the criticisms that his 30 For 30 is receiving. She also spoke about how Greg Gagne had claimed that Flair exposed to the girls in fraternity house:
“I saw there was an article on Deadspin about it, and I read it today and I think it’s a pretty valid criticism of the film. Some of the wrestlers kind of jokingly talk about it, that he would expose himself, and in our story, he was exposing himself to the wrestlers, but there’s another story in the 30 for 30 where Greg Gagne talks about him doing it at a fraternity house to girls that were coming up.
And that’s kind of told humorously as well, but as the director, I’m kind of responsible for the tone, and the tone is humorous. So it’s something, when I look back on it, I would say I think it’s a mistake that I made, or if we went with that, we should show the antithesis of the results of that kind of behavior, which we did in other areas of Ric’s life in the film.
He jokes a lot in the film about just being a philanderer, but then you see the results of that from talking to his children and his ex wife, and you see that there’s victims to this kind of lifestyle. His drinking, people call him out on some of this behavior. It was important for me at the time, if somebody looked at that behavior, including Ric — sometimes he would tell a story and smile, but then you see the other side of that, and as a filmmaker, that’s what I tried to do is give kind of both sides or leave things maybe a little ambiguous and let the viewer figure it out.”
