Jaafar Jackson's performance nails the look, the voice, the electrostatic moves — and the mix of delicacy and steel that made Michael who he was.
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Courtesy of Lionsgate We go to a pop-music biopic to re-experience the power and glory of a star we love. We also want to tap into a feeling of discovery — to see that artist up close and personal in a way that we hadn’t quite before. Yet Michael Jackson may be a special case. He grew up in the limelight, a global pop superstar from the age of 10, and when he moved into adulthood and launched his career as a solo artist, he became the most obsessively scrutinized pop idol of his time. His staggering genius, his elfin but cagey personality, his cosmetic surgery, his troubled family ties, his fabled eccentricities: All of it was covered like a biopic in real time.
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