Episode 225
The 'Bad' Reviews Are In: Critics Say Yikes!
Alright, folks! Buckle up ’cause we’re diving into the wild world of the Michael Jackson biopic, and spoiler alert: it’s getting roasted harder than a marshmallow at a campfire! 🎤🔥 Critics are throwing shade, calling it bland and whitewashed—like they took all the juicy bits and tossed ’em in the blender with a side of boring. Sure, Jafar Jackson (yup, that’s MJ’s nephew!) is totally slaying it on stage, but the movie itself? It’s like a rollercoaster that only goes up, missing all the dips and thrills. 🎢 So, if you were expecting a no-holds-barred deep dive into the King of Pop's life, you might wanna grab some popcorn and watch something else instead! 🍿 But hey, we’re here for the laughs, so join us as we break down the highs, lows, and everything in between in this episode!
Takeaways:
- The Michael Jackson biopic is a box office hit but critics are not feeling it at all!
- Turns out the film is more like a sanitized version of MJ's life, yikes!
- Jafar Jackson's performance is fire, but the movie lacks the real juicy details.
- Critics say the movie is bland and whitewashed, not what we wanted!
- Looks like they skipped the drama and went for the safe, cliché route instead.
- Will they ever give us the real deal? Or just keep milking MJ's legacy?
Transcript
It's haystack.
Speaker A:And the Michael Jackson biopic may be doing very, very well at the box office.
Speaker A:People may be going to see it in droves.
Speaker A:But it's being universally panned by critics.
Speaker A:The Guardian said it is bland, bowlerized and bad.
Speaker A:I had to Google bowdlerized.
Speaker A:That basically means taking out all the negative and controversial things.
Speaker A:The movie was whitewashed.
Speaker A:Kind of appropriate for Michael Jackson movie.
Speaker A:But yeah, critics say that it's leaning into cliches, big performances, dramatic moments, all the greatest music, but doesn't dig into any of the complicated stuff, any of the real controversial stuff.
Speaker A:And that it is essentially sanitized and designed to protect the legacy.
Speaker A:Now, to be fair, everyone pretty much universally agrees that his.
Speaker A:I think it's his nephew, Jafar Jackson is amazing.
Speaker A:His performance is amazing.
Speaker A:He looks like Michael, he moves like Michael, he nails the stage presence.
Speaker A:But it is a safe, shallow and incomplete story and not a true biopic.
Speaker A:If you're expecting a full, honest biography, that's not gonna happen.
Speaker A:Because, and let's be honest, here's what I suspect.
Speaker A:They left all that stuff out not just to protect the legacy, but to have something to mine later.
Speaker A:If this thing does really well, they can go back and actually make a sequel to a biopic.
Speaker A:I guess they would just call it Jackson.
Speaker A:Would you just simply call it Jackson?
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:Or since it's exploring the controversial stuff, would you maybe call it bad, which is what they're saying about this movie.
Speaker B:The Michael film gets bad reviews.
Speaker B:It's sanitized and boring too.
Speaker B:They're whitewashing his legacy.
Speaker B:Wanna rewrite his history.
Speaker B:It comes off like propaganda.
Speaker B:Left out alleged abuse.
Speaker B:No SC with Corey Pillman drinking.
Speaker B:Jesus.
Speaker B:Just the movie's bad.
Speaker B:It's bad.
Speaker B:It's really, really bad.
Speaker B:It's really bad.
Speaker B:It's bad.
Speaker B:The movie's bad.
Speaker B:So bad.
Speaker B:It's rally really blows a whole lot of stuff.
Speaker B:The movie leaves out Michael Jackson's biopic.
Speaker B:It's.
