Effect on Society
Space Jam |
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At the height of Michael Jordan's career he stared in the family film Space Jam. This helped put Jordan as a household name if he wasn't already. Therefore the movie helped to broaden his audience and appeal to kids who may not have even liked basketball. This is the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.
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Michael Jordan is portrayed as the greatest player of all time or the player who never quits. Toping off his basketball career are several commercials and ad campaigns of him. He is still popular in basketball media for being compared to. Since Jordan is considered the greatest, all the great player like Kobe, Lebron, and Durant are all compared to him.
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Michael Jordan was one of the most popular figures of his time and still is. He has made commercials with Spike Lee and was in a music video with Michael Jackson. Jordan also has iconic images of him in peoples memories like "the shrug" or when he stuck his tongue out. The most famous one might be "the shot."
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