The Last Dance (miniseries) explained

Genre:Television documentary[1]
Miniseries
Director:Jason Hehir[2]
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:10
Composer:Thomas Caffey
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:48–50 minutes

The Last Dance is a 2020 American sports television documentary miniseries co-produced by ESPN Films and Netflix. Directed by Jason Hehir, the series revolves around the career of Michael Jordan, with particular focus on the 1997–98 season, his final season with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The series features exclusive footage from a film crew that had an all-access pass to the Bulls, as well as interviews of many NBA personalities, including Jordan's teammates (Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Steve Kerr) and then-Bulls head coach Phil Jackson.

The series aired on ESPN from April 19 to May 17, 2020, in the United States, while its episodes were released on Netflix internationally the day after their US airings; beginning on May 23, two episodes were aired back-to-back on ESPN's corporate partner ABC. ESPN2 aired an alternate version of the series intended for family viewing, which removed most of the profanity heard in the episodes. The series became available on Netflix on July 19, 2020.

It received critical acclaim, with praise for its directing and editing, and also for the timing of the release - during the initial weeks of quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic when viewers were desperate for entertainment.[3] [4] The Last Dance won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

However, the series received heavy backlash from Jordan’s former Chicago Bulls teammates for its accuracy and narratives. Much of the hostility stemmed from the expectation of a documentary exclusively about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls season, yet unfolded to be primarily a biography of Jordan’s personal life and sports career. It also was criticized for portraying multiple key players of that era in an unfairly negative fashion, while simultaneously giving excessive preferential treatment to Jordan.[5]

Synopsis

The docuseries gives an account of Michael Jordan's career and the Chicago Bulls, using never-before aired footage from the 1997–98 Bulls season, his final season with the team.[6]

Interviews

This is the list of the 90 persons interviewed for the documentary, ordered by air time.[7]

Production and release

The series features both interviews and never-released footage from the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls season. Over 500 hours of all-access footage was filmed and used to create the 10 part documentary series. According to Adam Silver (now NBA Commissioner, but then the head of NBA Entertainment), Jordan allowed the filming with the agreement that the footage would only be used with his direct permission. After many years, and many refusals from Jordan, he agreed in 2016 to a documentary proposal from Mike Tollin.[8]

ESPN and Netflix announced their joint production of the 10-part documentary series in May 2018, with the first official trailer being released on December 25, 2018.[9] [10] The release date was pushed back to June 2020 after another trailer was released in December 2019.[11] [12] However, because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESPN published the final trailer on March 31, 2020 and expedited the premiere to April 19, 2020, releasing the following statement:[13]

The series was released weekly from April 19, 2020 to May 17, 2020, with two episodes airing each Sunday. Outside of the United States, the episodes were released on Netflix the day after their ESPN airing. ESPN2 aired a censored version of the documentary alongside the ESPN broadcast.[14] The censored version was also aired on ABC.

According to Hehir, Jordan refused to film interviews in his home to maintain privacy. The interviews were filmed in three houses, one rented by the production and two others which were homes of friends of the production.[15] The fifth episode is dedicated to Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020. Bryant's interview was featured in the episode's opening.[16]

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 97% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 8.85/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "A compelling and comprehensive portrait of one of basketball's great teams, The Last Dances blend of archival footage and candid interviews confirms there's nobody quite like Mike or the team he led to victory."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 91 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[18]

Writing for Consequence of Sound, Robert Daniels gave The Last Dance a perfect score, calling the series "beautifully composed and edited together" and a "pulsating celebration of greatness."[19] Similarly, Alex Pattle of The Independent praised director Jason Hehir, writing that "Hehir's fear of being formulaic fosters a compelling freshness, and his ability to subtly segue between tones ensures Jordan's auras of magnetism and intensity are highlighted at the appropriate moments",[20] while Brian Lowry of CNN gave the series five stars out of five, saying that "it's a very, very deep dive, but for fans who will eat this stuff up, it hits all the right notes."[21]

Chicago Sun-Timess Richard Roeper gave the series three and a half stars out of four, writing that "while some might question whether even one of the great team sports dynasties of all time merits such a lengthy treatment, if anything each episode left me wanting more. Not only were the Bulls a team for the ages, they also gave us a sports soap opera for the ages."[22] Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter gave the series a positive review, writing that "it's a tremendously engaging, ridiculously fun assemblage of spectacular basketball footage and reasonably introspective interviews with almost everybody you'd hope to hear from on the subject."[23] Writing for The New York Times, Wesley Morris wrote that "Hehir has this trick where any time someone says something debatable or controversial or simply worthy of running by [Michael] Jordan, he hands him an iPad and makes him watch what was said. And every time Hehir does it, Jordan turns the reaction into gold. He's an incredulous Zeus in these moments, lightning bolts falling from his toga as he laughs, zapping lesser gods."[24]

Conversely, filmmaker Ken Burns criticized Michael Jordan's involvement in the production of the series, saying that "if you are there influencing the very fact of it getting made, it means that certain aspects that you don't necessarily want in aren't going to be in [...] and that's not the way you do good journalism." Specifically, Burns pointed to Jordan's production company, Jump 23, being listed as a partner in the series.[25] Hehir would respond to such speculations stating "I ran into zero stop signs in the editorial process. Michael was involved, but in a distant satellite-level while making it. He never came close to the editing room and only received cuts as they were about to go on air. I think Michael is above the fray when it comes to what he wants in and out.”[26]

Criticisms By Ex-Teammates

While the series drew positive reactions from many current NBA players,[27] many former teammates of Jordan expressed strong criticism for the series’ version of events, placing the blame on Jordan.[28]

Scottie Pippen was reportedly "wounded and disappointed" by his characterization, though he did not make any public remarks during the documentary's airing.[29] Pippen later denied any rift between himself and Jordan over the documentary;[30] however, he told Jordan he was not pleased with the docuseries and considered it to be "about Michael trying to uplift himself”. [31]

Pippen would continue aggressively criticizing Jordan in the following years. In 2021, he wrote a tell-all autobiography, Unguarded, to explain not only his own Hall of Fame career, but also his side of the story during the Bulls' storied dynasty. In the book, he was highly critical of Jordan, designating him as a major scapegoat and target of heavy resentment.[32] In other interviews with different media platforms, Pippen also stated that he thought Kobe Bryant was a better basketball player than Jordan,[33] and then added that Jordan was a “horrible” player, a selfish ball-hog, and had poor shot selection.[34] Horace Grant expressed a belief that the documentary was edited to favor Jordan, remarking that the series was "entertaining, but we know [...] that about 90% of it [was] BS in terms of the realness of it"; he also denied Jordan's accusation that Grant was the source for The Jordan Rules and agreed that Pippen was portrayed unfairly.[35]

Grant also explained on Bill Cartwright's podcast that he initially planned to decline the interview offer, as he was not a member of The Last Dance team. However, after much persistence by the production crew, Grant finally "reluctantly" conceded to interview because he wanted to reminisce about his glory days as an NBA star, from his undeniable contributions building the Bulls into a perennial championship contender, to the continued success he had with other teams later in his career. He then said he took an outspoken stance about his disdain for the documentary because he wanted to defend his character and did not agree with the veracity of Jordan's version of events.[36] Grant then doubled down on Jordan by ranting his frustrations about Jordan and the docu-series in a lengthy phone call with Shannon Sharpe. [37]

Bill Cartwright, the starting center on the Bulls’ first three-peat team, and an assistant coach on The Last Dance team, was reportedly unimpressed with the series, citing it as pure entertainment[38] and refused to let the series distort his own personal version of events.[39] Cartwright also explained in another interview that Jordan had been framing a bogus image to the public, and called his play-acting “silly.”[40]

Craig Hodges, a member of the first two championship seasons with the Bulls, said he felt disappointed about not getting an opportunity to interview for the documentary, and further criticized Jordan for commenting about the team's use of cocaine during the 1980s, which was also another subject that was not related to The Last Dance season. On the cocaine topic, Hodges remarked, "I was thinking about the brothers who [were on the team] with you who have to explain [what happened] to their families”.[41] [42]

Some expressed disappointment over the omission of starting center Luc Longley in the series, including Longley himself. In 2021, an episode of Australian Story, titled The Last Dance ‘Missing Chapter’, was released with Longley's response, including interviews with ex-teammates such as Pippen and Jordan. The documentary developed into a major success in its own right.[43]

Following the successful reception of Longley’s documentary, the Bulls organization released an additional feature documentary of a key backbone for The Last Dance team, versatile sixth man Toni Kukoc. The documentary was titled, “The Waiter,” paying tribute to Kukoc’s nickname acquired in his native country of Croatia, and was also highly acclaimed by viewers.[44]

Others also expressed disappointment in the lack of coverage of another starter on that famous Last Dance team, point guard Ron Harper.[45] Harper was only included for a few seconds talking about his time playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989 when he expressed disagreement with his coach for not assigning him to defend Jordan during The Shot,[46] but never was shown discussing his role as an invaluable cornerstone of the second three-peat. Harper had started all 82 games during The Last Dance season.[47]

There was also criticism on the overemphasis of Steve Kerr—a minor player on the Bulls last championship team—which was linked to his recent success as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, with it being compared to if ESPN did a documentary on the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers and placed Tony Dungy (who like Kerr had a successful head coaching career but a forgettable playing career) in the same company as Joe Greene, Franco Harris, and Jack Lambert. Kerr himself admitted that they emphasized him more than what was needed, and also did not condone the ignorance of Longley and Harper in the series.[48] [49]

Some experts even came to the defense of Jerry Krause, criticizing Jordan for intentionally delaying the start of the production until Krause passed away in 2017 in order to prevent him from being able to explain his own version of events. Sports Illustrated, who previously blasted Jordan for pursuing a sabbatical in professional baseball during his NBA prime,[50] continued to criticize Jordan in another objective analysis by questioning his handpicked narratives during the docu-series, calling him “cruel”, and said Krause deserved better treatment in the series.[51]

US ratings

For the 2019–20 television season, the show tied for fifth among adults 18–49 in the Nielsen ratings with This Is Us, averaging a 2.9 rating and 15 share. It also placed 55th in total viewership, averaging 6.71 million viewers. Variety dubbed the show's performance a "consolation prize" for ESPN given the network's struggle to find live sports.[52] The series also became ESPN's most-watched documentary.[53]

The Last Dance : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Accolades

Accolades for The Last Dance
AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
AAFCA AwardsAugust 22, 2020Best Documentarydata-sort-value="Last Dance, The"The Last Dance[54]
American Cinema Editors AwardsApril 17, 2021Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical)Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky and Ben Sozanski (for "Episode 1")[55]
Cinema Eye HonorsMarch 9, 2021Outstanding Broadcast Seriesdata-sort-value="Last Dance, The"The Last Dance[56] [57]
Outstanding Editing in a Broadcast Film or Seriesdata-sort-value="Beck, Chad, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky, Ben Sozanski"Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky and Ben Sozanski
Creative Arts Emmy AwardsSeptember 14, 2020Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Seriesdata-sort-value="Hehir, Jason, Mike Tollin, Estee Portnoy, Curtis Polk, Connor Schell, Gregg Winik and Andrew Thompson"Jason Hehir, Michael Tollin, Estee Portnoy, Curtis Polk, Connor Schell, Gregg Winik and Andrew Thompson[58]
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Programdata-sort-value="Hehir, Jason"Jason Hehir (for "Episode 7")
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Programdata-sort-value="Beck, Chad, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky, Ben Sozanski"Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky and Ben Sozanski (for "Episode 1")
Golden Reel AwardsApril 16, 2021Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical DocumentaryKeith Hodne (for "Episode 1")[59]
NAACP Image AwardsMarch 22–27, 2021Outstanding Documentary – Televisiondata-sort-value="Last Dance, The"The Last Dance[60]
Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 24, 2021Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Televisiondata-sort-value="Last Dance, The"The Last Dance[61]
TCA AwardsSeptember 14, 2020Outstanding Achievement in News and Informationdata-sort-value="Last Dance, The"The Last Dance[62]

See also

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