The Crying Jordan meme has become an integral part of American pop culture. It has gone beyond just basketball and sports and infiltrated into all news including the music industry, Hollywood, and even politics.

Naturally, the meme now has its own documentary telling the story of how it started and how it has come to be a staple go-to for all Internet trolls.

In “2 Point Lead: Behind the Crying Jordan Meme,” AOL.com explain the story of how a photo of Michael Jordan crying became social media’s universal photo for trolling athletes and celebrities in their moments of defeat.

Stephen Savoia, The Associated Press photographer who originally took the shot, embraces that memes and even admits that some of them are very funny.

“I kind of think it's great that people can take things that happened to them in life and add a moment to it that kind of makes it a little lighter, somewhat humorous, and something that we can all relate to,” Savoia said. “I think it's going to be around for a long time.”

The documentary ends with perhaps the most insightful statement by Sevoia about the future of the meme and the original photo.

“You know what I think the beauty of that image is, is even if 6 months, a year, 10 years down the line, the Michael Jordan meme goes away, the original image is still a vocative very very touching and important moment in basketball.”

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