Moonwalker | Michael Jackson's Ego Trip

About this episode

The episode explores Michael Jackson's film 'Moonwalker' as a surreal artifact of pop culture excess with guest Zion Parker.

At the absolute peak of his fame, Michael Jackson had the power to make something completely on his own terms, and that’s exactly what Moonwalker is. Full of claymation, drug dealers, supercars, machine guns, gundam suits, and children, Moonwalker feels less like a film and more like a surreal artifact of pop culture excess. Guest Zion Parker is here to try and make sense of the madness. ___ Please consider joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wwibofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whywasntitbetter Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/wwibpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwib_official X: https://x.com/WWIBpodcast Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell a friend!

People in this episode

Guest: Zion Parker

Topics covered

• Michael Jackson
• film analysis
• pop culture
• surrealism
• celebrity
• ego

Keywords

• Moonwalker
• Michael Jackson
• pop culture
• film review
• surrealism
• celebrity ego
• Zion Parker

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Books & works: Moonwalker

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