Dark Side of the Ring Producer Evan Husney on Wanting to be Unbiased in Telling the Story of Fabulous Moolah

– Cinema Blend recently spoke to Dark Side of the Ring producer Evan Husney, who discussed the story on WWE Hall of Famer Fabulous Moolah, which was featured in the show’s season finale that aired earlier this week. Below are some highlights.

Evan Husney on how the Moolah story for the show started due to the WrestleMania 34 battle royal controversy: “Shortly after they announced that, tons of fans and people online and other stories began to surface around the Fabulous Moolah’s history and her legacy. And most of them were negative, obviously, coming out of the Me Too movement a little bit, and looking at a time in our culture when we’re reexamining legacies, and having the conversation of separating art from artists, and those type of things. That, to us, was kind of interesting to have in the wrestling space, in that it was a very topical approach to looking at the Fabulous Moolah. Because there are so many perspectives on it, it began to look like it would fit all the criteria we had for an episode of this show.”

Evan Husney on wanting to be unbiased for Moolah’s story: “So what we wanted to do was speak to as many people as we could that were sort of on the ‘defending Moolah’s legacy’ side, and then those who have other stories that are maybe even more complicated, and maybe it’s not so binary. I’m not trying to say that’s what our aim was, because it wasn’t, but that’s kind of what the result of the piece is, is that it’s not so binary. It’s not so one or the other; it’s very complicated. That’s the only way I can describe her legacy, seemingly, from the stories that we’ve heard.”

If you’d like to know more about the Moolah episode for the Viceland docuseries, you can check out 411’s own exclusive interview producers Jason Eisener and Evan Husney RIGHT HERE. You can also listen to the full 411 Wrestling Interviews Podcast audio HERE.