![]() His relentless competitiveness drove him to extraordinary hard work, a high standard he demanded of teammates. Self-government is a foundation of masculine glory, and Jordan disciplined his body to win. Jordan’s glory was evident in his discipline. Magic broke the ice, saying, “well, Charles, I guess we shouldn’t have pissed the man off,” to the laughter and relief of the whole team. The best basketball players in the world boarded the team bus without saying a word, either too angry or afraid to speak. Jordan then took over the scrimmage, hitting shot after shot until his team won. Magic Johnson tells a story in episode five about a certain Olympic Dream Team practice where he and Charles Barkley trash-talked Jordan very hard while up thirteen points. He ruled the NBA, such that they could not even release this film’s footage without his consent. Jordan accrued the glory that comes from ruling. Winning six NBA championships and five league MVP awards, Jordan was the best player of his generation and is considered by most the greatest player of all time. ![]() He put an entire professional sports league under his feet and sometimes, at least for a moment, seemed to subdue gravity. Michael Jordan exercised dominion on the basketball court. We tend small summer gardens and pump oil from the depths of the earth. Men subdue and take dominion in small ways and large. The Glory When God created Adam and placed him in the garden, he commanded him to subdue the earth and have dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth. And the story that emerges from The Last Dance about Michael Jordan is one of unredeemed glory. For the 1990s Bulls, Jordan is always the story. For all the interesting tidbits and side stories-for example, did you know Scottie Pippen started off as the team manager for the University of Central Arkansas?-Michael Jordan is the story. The film combines the defining sports team of the 1990s, compelling back-narratives of how the team came to be, and childhood nostalgia for a kid who grew up doing the Jordan shrug after sinking another three-pointer in the driveway and still owns a nylon button-up Bulls warmup jacket circa 1986. ![]() Appointment television does not exist for me anymore (especially since there are no Atlanta Braves games right now), but The Last Dance has made it a thing again. If you tune in with kids around, be sure to watch on ESPN 2 for the language-censored version. Episodes 1-6 aired over the last three weeks, but are available on the ESPN app, and the entire series will be on Netflix in late July. ESPN is airing the 10-part documentary The Last Dance on Sunday nights. ![]() Over 500 hours of footage remained sealed in a vault in Secaucus, New Jersey. He had to grant permission to release the footage, and for twenty-two years he would not do so. But the deal ensured that Jordan controlled the destiny of the footage. Cameras followed the most iconic sports team of the 1990s and the biggest superstar in the world for almost every waking moment-from the practice court to the post-game locker room to Jordan’s hotel room to Dennis Rodman’s mid-season hiatus in Vegas with Carmen Electra. During Michael Jordan’s last season with the Chicago Bulls, he and coach Phil Jackson granted unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to an NBA Entertainment film crew.
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