Joshua Rofé's documentary “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed” on the PBS fixture is part biopic, part mystery, part exposé,
Painter and television personality Bob Ross held his palette and brush as a troubadour does his guitar. The vibe he gave off on his signature PBS show, “The Joy of Painting,” was no different from someone with a song of peace in their heart: The instructor with the halo-like afro and nimble technique soothed millions with his message of healing freedom by way of trees and mountains on a canvas, all completed in half an hour.
Anyone concerned that their image of Bob Ross himself will be tarnished, however, needn’t worry. It’s no spoiler to say that, if anything, fans of the soft-spoken icon — an ex-Air Force sergeant whose time in Alaska inspired the compact vistas he’d paint by the tens of thousands — are likely to love him even more.
But the deflated, stricken appearance early on of Ross’ only son, Steve — himself a painter and instructor who guested on his dad’s show — pulling on a cigarette and referring to the “shameful” actions of others, is an eyebrow-raiser. Another is the bit of text that says more than a dozen people who worked at the company that bore Bob Ross’ name wouldn’t talk to the filmmakers.
Friends and colleagues of Ross who do appear on film help sketch in some of those details. Elsewhere, interstitial drawings act as almost anti-Bob Ross illustrations, silhouetted figures inhabiting gloomy spaces to accompany moments when the behind-the-scenes stuff — which includes allegations of adultery and intimations that the Kowalskis haven’t honored the Ross legacy — is especially tense.
Part biopic, part mystery, part exposé, “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed” is ultimately a cooled celebration, one eager to acknowledge that gurus are complicated, showbiz is treacherous, and some landscapes hide things. There’s plenty to delight in, even if what lingers is an embittered, still-mourning son looking for a measure of peace when what lives on about his beloved dad is somehow both spiritually true and a reminder of something lost.
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