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"Michael" — Impressive, and It Plays Like a Party Broadcast

Watched it for free, and it does impress: serious money, a conflict that's properly built. But the context behind the accusations has been wiped.

Watched "Michael" — free, thankfully. Impressive on the whole, which was to be expected. But it plays like a party broadcast: a well-made one, with serious money behind it, and even the central conflict is properly built.

The context behind all the accusations in it has been wiped, sadly — as though none of it ever happened.

Context
Original titleMichael
Year2025
AuthorAntoine Fuqua

Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson plays the lead; the biopic set a genre record with $217 million in its opening weekend.

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