I didn't really come away with the feeling that they were making him out to be a saint. I mean, they portrayed him as what he was pretty much. A junky and a womanizer. Apparently he beat both of those vices so more power to him if that was indeed the case. As far as the whole thing in Georgia where he didn't play because of the segregated audience, if that were true (i'm too young to remember and too lazy to google) then I guess they told it how it happened.
Oh you mean the part where they overdramatized the fact that he was blind and had to overcome so many obstacles to make it? Yeah I agree with you there. Fucking blind people really need to contribute more and stop with all the whining.