FX recently officially released the six-episode limited series Clipped (The Sterling Affairs) written by Gina Welch, the writer of Nemesis and Scavenger, and invited the new and the old.Hannibal's Laurence Fishburne and Jacki Weaver, a two-time nominee for Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook, star.
The story will unfold with Donald Sterling, the former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. He bought the team for $12.5 million in 1981, but its performance has never improved. What really made Donald better known was the 2014 outbreak.Racial discrimination scandal.During a dispute with his Latino girlfriend in September 2013, because he was dissatisfied with his girlfriend for uploading a photo with Magic Johnson, he made wild remarks, saying that he "raises black people, gives them wages, and everything they have is given by me"; inAfter the conversation was made public, the news caused a stir and sparked protests.In the end, Donald was banned for life and fined $2.5 million by the league; he was also expelled from the Clippers, and the team later changed hands.In addition, Donald had several extramarital affairs and had a tug-of-war with his wife Shelly Sterling for nearly sixty years, eventually seeking a divorce.
This time Jacki will play Shelly, while Laurence will play another key figure of the Clippers - Doc Rivers, who joined in 1991 and helped them reach the playoffs, and then coached from 2013 to 2020, faced the racial scandal.In the shadow of , Doc continued to lead the team to complete his contract.