Originally posted by 4ML:
How accurate was the The Last Dance in showing what went on?
I don't think it was that accurate in terms of really defining what was accomplished in one of the greatest eras of basketball, but also by two of the greatest players – and one could even put that aside and say the greatest team of all time. I didn't think those things stood out in the documentary. I thought it was more about Michael trying to uplift himself and to be glorified [the series was co-produced by Jordan's Jump 23 company]. I think it also backfired to some degree in that people got a chance to see what kind of personality Michael had.
Have you spoken to him about your opinion of series?
Yeah. I told him I wasn't too pleased with it. He accepted it. He said, "hey, you're right". That was pretty much it.
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lol I hate to break it to you, but The Last Dance was a Michael Jordan doc, not a Chicago Bulls doc. It was also an accurate representation of how the public perceived him at the time. Obviously he wasn't going to focus on any negative aspects outside of his competitiveness. Anyone who was familiar with his career before they watched this already knew about his personality. The goal was to win championships, not to make friends.
Maybe the younger generation who watched it were offended by his lack of social justice activism, or his lack of teammate friends? The fact that Jordan is now made fun of in memes for finding things to "take personally" shows the disconnect between the past generations and the kids today.
Today taking something personally or using anger as motivation is considered "being shook". "U mad bro?"
Now it's about getting all your superstar friends together and winning rings that way. The doc probably didn't resonate with certain people because they don't understand the dynamic of that era.
