Framed by the success of The Last Dance, it’s time for a critical reinterpretation of Dennis Rodman’s filmography. From Double Trouble to B*A*P*S to The Comebacks Rodman’s performance always oozed charisma, but his brilliance was misunderstood. Dennis seems like a genuinely good person who is eternally searching for some one who understands him. His greek chorus of failures ranges from the benign (Madonna), to the unsavory (Kim Jong Un), to the condemned to hell (Bill Lambeer).
In the summer of 1998; at the end of the Bulls dynasty, Dennis is at one of his lowest point and the world doesn't understand him. Called “weird,” “flamboyant,” and “a troublemaker” by the press and opposing fans, these taunts are a cruel reminder to Dennis that he doesn’t belong. Driven by a desire to live his most authentic life – but unable to express that fully under the oppressive Clinton-era puritanical mandates, Dennis enters a voluntary cryogenic sleep program. He expects to be asleep for hundreds of years, hoping the world will catch up to him.
Instead he is unfrozen in 2019; and while his style and authenticity are now celebrated, there is much in this strange new land that he doesn’t recognize. His previous “antics” seem quant by today’s standards, but he is now able to blend into a crowd much easier. This ability – and his otherworldly rebounding skills, attracts the attention of a covert organization who hire him to help save the world for some reason. Will he change his hair color in every scene? Who cares, because that was never really important to begin with. What was important, is that we realize that it was never Dennis who had a problem, but our ostracizing him that was. Dennis’ biggest crime is that he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons. He can’t do anything about that, but we can do something about how he will be forever remembered which is why we are proud to present As the Worm Turns.