Started April 19, 2020 · Ended · Based on 1 season, 10 episodes through May 17, 2020 · TV-MA · 50 min
The Last Dance is a ten-part sports documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. It uses rare footage from the 1997 and 1998 season plus more than ninety interviews. The series follows championship basketball, Jordan's fierce will to win, and the arcs of Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and coach Phil Jackson. It also covers tension with front-office leader Jerry Krause, fame and brand building, gambling scrutiny, and the second three-peat.
Most of the show centers on greatness, tough team dynamics, and the end of a dynasty. A short Episode 5 segment covers Jordan refusing to publicly back Harvey Gantt against Jesse Helms because Republicans buy sneakers too. Jordan defends staying out of activist politics, and Barack Obama says he once wished Jordan had pushed harder. One light thread notes pressure on Black athletes to speak on race while Jordan kept brand neutrality. These beats are real but small inside a long basketball story that does not preach modern identity politics.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Last Dance.
Woke representation / casting
Not present. Documentary of the real 1990s Bulls and NBA figures with no identity-driven casting or engineered representation roster.
0%
Woke political dialogue
Episode 5 briefly covers Jordan refusing to back Harvey Gantt because Republicans buy sneakers too. Jordan defends staying non-activist. Barack Obama says he once wished Jordan had pushed harder given Helms’s record. This is historical politics, not series-long activist speech.
10%
Identity-driven story themes
The core themes are greatness, ruthlessness, team chemistry, and the end of a dynasty. One light thread covers pressure on Black athletes to push racial causes versus Jordan’s brand neutrality. That thread is not the spine of the show.
5%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Not present. No modern activist framing of toxic masculinity, patriarchy, colonial guilt, or anti-Western institutions, and management conflicts stay sports-business drama.
0%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. for a real people and events documentary, and disputes concern a Jordan-favoring edit and accuracy rather than identity-driven rewriting.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Not present. Public criticism targets MJ control, mythmaking, and unfair teammate portrayals rather than claims the series is DEI or woke propaganda.
0%
Creator track record context
Hehir and most producers sit near zero on activist patterns. Weinbach is around four and Krstic around eight. Their sports-doc careers match the series’ non-ideological sports focus.
2%
Production
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