“The change had taken place gradually, practically invisibly. Michael Jordan was no longer cool.”
— From “How Air Jordan Became Crying Jordan” by Ian Crouch in the New Yorker (May 11)
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“The change had taken place gradually, practically invisibly. Michael Jordan was no longer cool.”
— From “How Air Jordan Became Crying Jordan” by Ian Crouch in the New Yorker (May 11)
Very interesting post, Lew. here’s a couple of links to follow up:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/31/472330783/the-evolution-of-the-michael-jordan-crying-face-meme
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/05/11/video-charles-oakley-michael-jordan-crying-meme-face
Thank you, Jack…. NPR seems to think we have reached peak Crying Jordan — we’ll see….
The crying continues according to “The Washington Post” web page for 6/15/16….
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/15/no-end-in-sight-the-crying-jordan-meme-is-now-an-album-cover/?wpisrc=nl_sports&wpmm=1
The cryin’ just keeps on coming…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/16/ahead-of-nba-finals-game-6-cleveland-cavaliers-website-got-crying-jordan-ed/?wpisrc=nl_sports&wpmm=1
Game 7 has peak Crying Jordan potential….
An interesting Michael Jordan story in the news this past week.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article88673782.html