Recently I finished the docu-series “The Last Dance". I do not normally follow sports. I could not tell you what players are on the Lakers or the Dodgers or the Kings or anything. I wasn’t very sure what to think going into this adventure of watching “The Last Dance.”
Let me tell you, I wish I could go back and watch it again for the first time. It was glorious. Instead of a linear recounting of the Chicago Bulls (basketball, in case you don’t follow sports) rise to fame with MVP, Michael Jordan, they jumped back and forth between his early years on the team up until the last game in Madison Square Garden (aka the Last Dance as coined by the then coach Phil Jackson). There were multiple story lines, drama, energizing music, the works. I can see how all of what I’m saying could easily be interpreted as sarcasm, but I swear I’m not kidding. The show was fantastic. Was I crushing on at least two players at any given time? Quite possibly. But if you watched how these men played, man, I doubt you wouldn’t feel the same.
Obviously, I’m not the only one to feel this way. The show got a whopping 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. There’s not really much else to say except watch it. Maybe you don’t enjoy sports. Maybe you think sports should only be about the games and not at all about the players. But I recommend taking time (if you have Netflix or ESPN) to sit down and at least view one episode.
Let me tell you, I wish I could go back and watch it again for the first time. It was glorious. Instead of a linear recounting of the Chicago Bulls (basketball, in case you don’t follow sports) rise to fame with MVP, Michael Jordan, they jumped back and forth between his early years on the team up until the last game in Madison Square Garden (aka the Last Dance as coined by the then coach Phil Jackson). There were multiple story lines, drama, energizing music, the works. I can see how all of what I’m saying could easily be interpreted as sarcasm, but I swear I’m not kidding. The show was fantastic. Was I crushing on at least two players at any given time? Quite possibly. But if you watched how these men played, man, I doubt you wouldn’t feel the same.
Obviously, I’m not the only one to feel this way. The show got a whopping 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. There’s not really much else to say except watch it. Maybe you don’t enjoy sports. Maybe you think sports should only be about the games and not at all about the players. But I recommend taking time (if you have Netflix or ESPN) to sit down and at least view one episode.