About this episode
Jamilah shares additional thoughts on the MJ movie, critiquing its portrayal of characters and production quality.
jamilah had a few more thoughts following the last upload, that she hadn't previously discussed with jesse. And oh... she forgot to mention the bad pancake makeup job they did on Colman Domingo, who played Joe Jackson. You saw where they attempted to conceal the nose prosthetic as well, because there was wrinkling in that area, whenever he made certain facial movements. Hollywood fronts so much money for these projects, and low(er)-budget horror films tend to do a far superior job. A couple of other issues jamilah had with this movie was how MJ's relationship to food was depicted. The movie showed Michael as participating in bonding through food- while she doesn't doubt this was a thing that existed, the man also divulged at points in his life that he developed an eating disorder, as that was one of the few means of control he had over his life. Also, they continually attempted to hone in on the fact that he was 'no longer a child, but an adult'; however, whenever faced with any particular challenges, he ran behind other adults to resolve them. Michael Jackson was as much of a caricature as anyone else in this movie. These people should also never be forgiven for the CGI animals…
People in this episode
Hosts: jamilah, jesse
Topics covered
- MJ Movie
- film commentary
- makeup critique
- eating disorder
- character analysis
Keywords
- MJ Movie
- Colman Domingo
- Michael Jackson
- eating disorder
- CGI animals
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hollywood
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