Collectively, we have to find some new word to describe these new documentaries that are told through the prism of the project’s subject. Once the main character gets final say over the direction of how they are covered, it ceases to be a documentary and becomes more a commercial.
Once “The Last Dance” had its own resounding success (born mostly of there being no live sports in the middle of the pandemic), you knew others like it would start popping up — all with the same core issue. Don’t get me wrong, parts of “The Last Dance” were certainly entertaining, but it was all very clearly told through Michael Jordan’s eyes, with very little new information about him.