Nike’s historic sneaker deal wouldn’t have happened without MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech, according to Ben Affleck.
so compelling is that it closely follows a sports movie template and borrows many of that genre’s go-to tropes, including the classic underdog story . But perhaps the most egregious sports movie trope it employs is the late-in-the-game Inspirational Speech: the kind that’s delivered with fiery intensity and accompanied by a swell of dramatic string instruments.
Earlier in the movie, Sonny is playing tug-of-war between what he wants to do—court Michael Jordan into a Nike deal by going around Jordan’s agent’s back and visiting his parents’ home in North Carolina—and what his bosses want him to do—not blow his entire marketing budget on one lanky rookie. So he flies to Los Angeles and seeks advice from his good friend George Raveling, the famed Olympic basketball coach, played here by Marlon Wayans.
Cut to the aforementioned climactic boardroom scene, where Sonny and his Nike cohorts are desperately attempting to woo Jordan and his parents into signing a contract with them. Their pitch is going south and they’re starting to lose Michael’s interest, so what does Sonny do? He goes off-script.
And it’s all because Sonny decided to take a cue from MLK’s most famous speech about the civil rights movement.
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