Ep 423 | Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Michael Jordan Movie Shoots Bricks | Shaq Panders to Angel Reese

Fearless with Jason Whitlock · Apr 12, 2023 · 1h 9m

“Michael Jordan’s mama negotiated the whole Nike deal? OK.” Jason dunks on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s “fact-based drama” about Michael Jordan, “Air.” The plot dramatizes Nike’s pursuit of "His Airness," casting Jordan’s mom, played by Viola Davis, as the key figure in making the deal that changed sports marketing and the fashion world forever. There's just one problem: It didn’t go down that way. Jason refers to it as “The Woman King Part II” and calls it another example of Hollywood’s obsession with matriarchal culture. “Fearless” contributors Steve Kim, Shemeka Michelle, and Anthony…