Barack Obama was both a former Illinois senator and the 44th president of the United States. But during the premiere episode of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” he was given a much less flattering title: “Former Chicago Resident.”
The hilariously downgraded descriptor for Obama was light-heartedly mocked on social media, but director Jason Hehir told TheWrap he had a specific reason for identifying Obama that way in the 10-part docuseries about Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan. “At that point in the story that we’re telling, he was a broke Chicago resident who couldn’t afford a nosebleed seat to a Bulls game.”