A number of social media users called out Netflix on Wednesday for the title of its new documentary Untold: The Death & Life of .
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Fans Rage Over Odom-Kardashian Doc Title
A number of social media users called out Netflix on Wednesday for the title of its new documentary Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom.The title is a pl...
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The title is a play on Odom's brush with death after a drug overdose at the Love Ranch, a brothel, in October 2015; and how his then-spouse rallied to his side at his lowest ebb.
'This documentary traces the life of Lamar Odom,' Netflix said in a logline, 'from his rise to NBA fame and marriage to Khloe Kardashian to his near-fatal overdose in a Nevada brothel.'
Multiple users said the title of the project was confusing, leading some to erroneously infer that Odom, 46, was no longer alive.
'Lamar Odom died?!????' one user asked of the reality star/athlete, who played forward for the Clippers and Lakers the bulk of his career. 'What in the world is this title Netflix?'
Daily Mail has reached out to Odom and representatives for for further comment on the story.
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Social media users on Tuesday called out Netflix for the title of Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, labeling it misleading for implying Odom had died. Pictured attending a Yeezy fashion show in NYC on February 11, 2016, about four months after the Nevada overdose
A drone view shows the Netflix logo on one of the company's Hollywood buildings January 20
Another user said, 'The death and life of Lamar Odom, is he dead or what?' while another called it 'misleading,' making clear Odom is 'alive.'
Not all feedback about the title was negative, as some users said they thought the streaming service had put a clever twist on the situation involving Odom
Odom's former marriage to Khloe Kardashian is probed in the streaming doc
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Not all feedback about the title was negative, as some users said they thought the streaming service had put a clever twist on the situation
One user said that the truly misleading phrase in the title was not 'death' but rather 'untold'
The title is a play on Odom's brush with death after a drug overdose at the Love Ranch, a Nevada brothel, in October 2015
Odom played the bulk of his career for LA teams - the Clippers and Lakers. Pictured in 2008 alongside late icon Kobe Bryant
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One user said that the truly misleading phrase in the title was not 'death' but rather 'untold,' as the Kardashian family thoroughly documented the incident when it happened more than a decade back.
