{"id":291178,"date":"2020-04-20T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1142737"},"modified":"2020-04-20T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:28:22","slug":"the-internet-is-shook-by-barack-obamas-title-in-michael-jordan-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/the-internet-is-shook-by-barack-obamas-title-in-michael-jordan-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet Is Shook By Barack Obama’s Title in Michael Jordan Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Father, husband, senator, president and “former Chicago resident.” <\/p>\n

Over the weekend, pop culture and sports fanatics alike were glued to their TVs when the new Michael Jordan<\/strong> docu-series was released.<\/p>\n

Titled The Last Dance<\/em>, ESPN’s latest series features many interview subjects discussing the Chicago Bulls basketball player’s legacy.<\/p>\n

When Barack Obama<\/a><\/strong> appeared on the screen, fans couldn’t help but notice his title was “former Chicago resident.”<\/p>\n

Sure, it’s completely true. At the same time, many viewers immediately began to question why Illinois’ former senator and United States commander-in-chief had such a small title.<\/p>\n

So what’s the reasoning behind it? Allow director Jason Hehir<\/strong> to explain.<\/p>\n

“That is a Michael thing. Barack Obama is not the kind of guy that I can find his number and text him. Michael had a connection,” Jason explained to Richard Deitsch<\/a> of The Athletic<\/em>. “But I was pretty adamant that we don’t have people in here who don’t have an organic connection to the story.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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He continued “I think the temptation is because Michael was super famous, let’s get as many super famous people in here as possible. There were conflicting philosophies amongst all the (production) partners of what makes a good documentary and what makes a documentary sizzle. I’m a filmmaker first and I just want to tell the story of this team as if they were not super famous. Who were the human beings who make up this team and how did they become famous and how did they handle that fame?”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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In other words, organic connection is what’s most important. Nevertheless, social media users couldn’t help but share their thoughts and reactions online while watching the docu-series.<\/p>\n

See some of the most memorable below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Whoever\u2019s writing these captions is the MVP of this doc. #TheLastDance<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tB6voGtpup<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Roberts (@notsam) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Barack Obama, former Chicago resident, is the all-time way to say \u201cthis doc ain\u2019t about you fella\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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my new goal in life is to meet the person who decided Barack Obama would be “Former Chicago Resident” pic.twitter.com\/B3OA1YxCu1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 meppers_ (@meppers_) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“Former Chicago Resident” is easily the funniest chyron in existence for Barack Obama<\/p>\n

\u2014 You’re Standing Too Close to Adam Jacobi (@Adam_J_Tweets) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I thought I recognized that former Chicago resident<\/p>\n

#TheLastDance<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8yrWSQNDQv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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A former Chicago resident weighs in on the \ud83d\udc10#TheLastDance<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eU57VRtLhq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The next two installments of the 10-part series will air this Sunday on ESPN.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cheriss May\/NurPhoto via Getty Images Father, husband, senator, president and “former Chicago resident.”  Over the weekend, pop culture and sports fanatics alike were glued to their TVs when the new Michael Jordan docu-series was released. Titled The Last Dance, ESPN’s latest series features many interview subjects discussing the Chicago Bulls basketball player’s legacy. When Barack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-22 14:48:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}