'Former Chicago resident' Barack Obama made an appearance in ESPN's TheLastDance
Bill Clinton
—who is, quick refresher, also a former president—was also featured in the doc and given similar treatment, labeled in his chyron as a “former Arkansas resident.”Richard Deitsch, saying he only wanted to include people in the film who had an “organic connection” to Jordan’s story, rather than just interviewing as many famous people as possible.
“I’m a filmmaker first, and I just want to tell the story of this team as if they were not super famous,” he said. “Who were the human beings who make up this team, and how did they become famous, and how did they handle that fame?”a longtime Chicago resident!—spoke about his obsession with Jordan’s team, the Chicago Bulls.
“Whey should he be considered an authority on basketball just because he’s Bill Clinton?” Hehir continued. “Now, if Bill Clinton says, ‘I was governor of Arkansas when Scottie Pippen was in high school, and I saw Scottie play,’ that’s organic to the story and much more interesting.”
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