May 4, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 21 segments
LexG is back with some freeform riffs on being an MJ fan growing up, leading to a review of the new Jackson biopic, Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson.
Uh, it's kind of a h- hot button movie because M- Michael Jackson fans are extremely devoted, extremely passionate and intense, and will let you know, uh, you know, anyone who kind of [chuckles] pipes up about this is getting shouted down by a sea of MJ fans, you know, who don't believe the accusations against him, versus a lot of critics who think that that should've been included.
You know, in general, I review or I talk about the movie as it is, and don't get too much into that.
But there is this, you know, s- the story goes that they had shot more of this, and they couldn't use it because for legal reasons.
And there's some question of what would this movie have done if it had gone, you know, past the year 1988? How do you go, you know, how do you address those allegations while making this biopic that is extremely reverential? Like, the key, the answer to that is kind of within the movie itself.
He's like the postman when Olivia Williams goes, "Postman, you give out, uh, hope like it was candy in your pocket." MJ is that in this man.
They weren't gonna go from that in a movie where he is, you know, s- kinda has the mind of a, of an innocent child, you know? He's going out buying board games and playing games, and he's getting Bubbles the chimp, and [laughs] he's learning to fight for himself, stand up to his, you know, abusive dad, Joe, who's, you know...
Well, think, before I get into the movie, yeah, what I was just saying is, like, I don't think they would've, you know, done the 180 from portraying him that way for two hours, and then you would get into some now missing last third that would, you know, you know, r- really be a hard-hitting expose and a really deep dive into a lot of the things that came out, and the accusations from kids and from families and from that Leaving Neverland doc, which, uh...
Uh, it's kind of a h- hot button movie because M- Michael Jackson fans are extremely devoted, extremely passionate and intense, and will let you know, uh, you know, anyone who kind of [chuckles] pipes up about this is getting shouted down by a sea of MJ fans, you know, who don't believe the accusations against him, versus a lot of critics who think that that should've been included.
You know, in general, I review or I talk about the movie as it is, and don't get too much into that.
But there is this, you know, s- the story goes that they had shot more of this, and they couldn't use it because for legal reasons.
And there's some question of what would this movie have done if it had gone, you know, past the year 1988? How do you go, you know, how do you address those allegations while making this biopic that is extremely reverential? Like, the key, the answer to that is kind of within the movie itself.
He's like the postman when Olivia Williams goes, "Postman, you give out, uh, hope like it was candy in your pocket." MJ is that in this man.
They weren't gonna go from that in a movie where he is, you know, s- kinda has the mind of a, of an innocent child, you know? He's going out buying board games and playing games, and he's getting Bubbles the chimp, and [laughs] he's learning to fight for himself, stand up to his, you know, abusive dad, Joe, who's, you know...
Well, think, before I get into the movie, yeah, what I was just saying is, like, I don't think they would've, you know, done the 180 from portraying him that way for two hours, and then you would get into some now missing last third that would, you know, you know, r- really be a hard-hitting expose and a really deep dive into a lot of the things that came out, and the accusations from kids and from families and from that Leaving Neverland doc, which, uh...
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