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Over the next five weeks, ESPN will give a glorious gift to a sports-deprived public.
Look, it was either that or air indefinite reruns of the socially distanced NBA/WNBA HORSE competition.
The right choice was obvious.
The Last Dancewould have been a great, widely consumed sports-umentary under any circumstances.
The series effectively ticks a number of boxes that audiences desperately need to be ticked:
1.
It provides content thats both sports-related and new, albeit driven by looking to the past.
Im pretty sure Phil Jackson did not take note.)
It gives everyone a docuseries to experience and discuss that isntTiger King.
- The Last Danceis wide in scope.
Made in America, another ESPN production,The Last Dancegoes long and deep on its subject.
If you ever admired Jordan is there anyone who didnt?
followed the Bulls, or just like basketball, its must-see television.
What seems to have fueled him more than anything was spite.
That was enough for me, Jordan says.
The dude can also hold a grudge until he practically strangles it.
Before he even looks at it, Jordan scoffs.
you’re free to show me anything you want.
Theres no way it’s possible for you to convince me he wasnt an asshole.
Watching Jordan react to other interviews is one of the joys of this experience.
He was an asshole.
He was a jerk.
Im only doing it because it is who I am.
Thats how I played the game.
That was my mentality.
If you dont want to play that way, dont play that way.
He starts to tear up, at which point he says: Break.
The point ofThe Last Danceisnt to sully Jordans reputation.
