Empty Seats is a weekly podcast where we talk about the shows we love to watch. Most weeks those shows involve fantasy, science fiction, or horror topics. However, this week we talk about the ESPN documentary Last Dance.
The Last Dance
Direct by: Jason Hehir
A 10-part Docuseries covering the Chicago Bulls last championship season and the career of Michael Jordan, widely accepted as the best NBA (if not all of sports) player of all time. AKA the G.O.A.T.
What makes a good documentary?
First lets discuss how we feel about the documentary as a documentary. Did we like it, was it informative, and was it paced well.
- Did you like the jumping back and forth between timelines, or how each episode would focus on one of Jordan’s teammates.
- Is this a Bulls dynasty doc? Or a Michael Jordan Doc? Is there a difference?
- What was the goal of this Doc? Did it accomplish this goal?
- Why did they wait so long? Does this change how we would have viewed this if it came out say, 10 years ago.
- What about how it was from Jordan’s perspective?
Now on to the actual content.
Set the stage: when were you when..the Bulls won their first title? Jordan Came back 1996..and came back..2001 (standing ovation at the United Center when he played his first game as a Wizard)
- Was there a favorite part for you in the Documentary? (Tom: the reminder of what the GOAT looks like; first championships, behind the scenes humanizing, seeing basketball again)
- How about is insanely competitive drive? Do we think that shaped..(yes, is separates him from other great players imo)
- Was Scottie Shafted? Was it intentional?
- How many players did Isaiah Thomas hate, for real. Or is it the other way around?
- Jerry Krause had a nice run - looking at the players he brought in. How did you feel about the way he was portrayed?
- Finally, Jordan or Lebron? Or does Lebron not belong in this conversation yet.
- John Michael Wozniak- Curly haired security guard that beat Michael. And security guards forming his entourage.
