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‘Air’ entertaining movie to watch, but it raises deep questions upon reflection

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Matt Damon plays shoe hustler Sonny Vaccaro, who persuades Michael Jordan to sign a deal with Nike in 1984, in the movie ‘‘Air.’’

Sometimes you watch a movie, enjoy it, then — as it percolates in your brain — start to wonder. You wonder about a lot.

Such was my delayed response to the highly entertaining movie ‘‘Air,’’ which I watched in a theater Saturday night.

‘‘Air’’ is about Nike’s signing of NBA rookie Michael Jordan to a shoe contract in 1984, thereby changing the world of marketing and sports celebrity-dom for all time.