Michael 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐒

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]I've got a lot to say about Michael cuz it is a bit of a rabbit hole. Even though we didn't see it opening night, it was clear that it was an event type movie. Theater staff were dressed up in like Michael Jackson's I guess it was the beat it costume. I'm not sure which one it is. One of them was allegedly able to do dance moves, but we didn't meet that guy. And there were a bunch of people. There were a bunch of people when we saw it on like a Monday. It seemed like everybody in the audience was taking it pretty seriously. I walked into it not really expecting it to be a great movie because I know my tastes. I saw the trailer. I'm not really into biopics in the first place, let alone ones that already have such a infamous reputation. I didn't hate watching the movie. I didn't have like a get me out of here experience, but that was mostly because it was so fascinating. It was bad in many ways, but not in ways that made it boring, except maybe, I guess, kind of closer to the end when things kind of felt like they were stretched out and dragged out. First section of the movie covers Jackson 5. Coleman Domingo plays his father. He's in a lot of makeup. You know, he gives a good performance. since I like him in everything I see him in pretty much except he was kind of bad in Running Man. Overall, the performances were not like terrible throughout. Child Michael is not a terrible child actor, but during the most serious scenes and moments, there wasn't anything about his performance that made it so that I was able to take him seriously. It wasn't quite there enough. It was missing something. If you're a huge Michael Jackson stan and you're only watching this movie to just be entranced into this fantastical narrative, you might not be bothered by it. I guess not everybody's bothered by bad child acting in the first place. From just that section of the movie, I probably would have given it like five out of 10. Like not bad. But as soon as it transitions into adult Michael, then it starts becoming very very silly pretty much immediately. This movie, as you've probably heard from many different critics already at this point, is not a movie that's interested in telling an actual story. It's not a movie that's at all interested in getting into the character of this real person that existed. This movie has no interest in doing that. None whatsoever. It's literally just telling a mythology. This isn't Betterman where it's done to such a fantastical degree where they've cged the character as like a [ __ ] Planet of the Apes. And even that felt like it had more character and probably more truth to it than this film. But the fans of Michael Jackson, you maybe not the casual fans, but the stands of Michael Jackson, they want to deify him. They are treating this film as though it's like biblical text. They're treating it as Christians watching Passion of the Christ or Prince of Egypt. Like you can't just say, "Oh, I didn't connect with the movie and here's why and here's the critical reason." They'll be like, "No, it's cuz you're hating God." The degree to which this film whitewashes Michael Jackson, ironically, is actually insane. For the most part, this film was funny. But what really, really, actually felt disgusting about this movie is that the filmmakers know for a fact what an unhealthy parasocial fan relationship is with an artist that they're treating as a deity. They know that it's an unhealthy thing for one's psyche, but they profit off of it. They encouraged it throughout the entire [ __ ] movie.

[00:03:05]The way that lines are in this movie, it's like they're [ __ ] winking at the camera while they say it. It's like they're literally preaching. The fans are my real family and I heal through my music and I'll heal the world. And there's a scene where he's like flipping through channels and he sees a news report again. Like the preachiest [ __ ] script I've ever seen. News cer goes, "The gang violence is hurting the youth. Bloods and crips. They're against each other and they wear the different colors and they they kill you and the drugs are bad." Hm. I got a perfect idea to save the world and heal through my music. He gets Bloods and Crips together. What heals them? What stops their feud is the star power of Michael Jackson himself. They were like, "Oh man, can I get your autograph?" They're like, "Haha, this blood is just like one of us crips. He also wants an autograph.

[00:03:48]We would like that as well." That's how it [ __ ] portrays this [ __ ] I guess what we really learned is that Michael Jackson is a deity. He does solve all conflicts through his music. He probably should have went to Israel Palestine and had a conversation with them and that would have prevented a lot of stuff that we're seeing today. The way that it shows Michael Jackson in his creative process is also incredibly dishonest.

[00:04:08]The same thing has been done more or less with other music biopics. The average audience member doesn't have any proper understanding of what actually goes into creating music. Whether it's the writing process or the recording process, you can kind of just make this weird fictional version of it where people are like, "I see this thing and that's a good idea." And then it's like in there at the moment. I was constantly wondering like, "Okay, did these backing tracks that he's singing to just [ __ ] appear?" No, of course not. There were musicians at some point that played the instruments in the backing tracks. There were people that composed the music. Did Michael Jackson write the part for every single [ __ ] instrument? I don't think so. He was very talented, but he was working with producers. He was working with [ __ ] Quincy Jones, legendary composer. Quincy Jones was an important part of the production of the music.

[00:04:52]Would have been nice to see part of that. The only reference to Quincy Jones we have in the movie is just at one point they're like, "Oh, Quincy Jones."

[00:04:58]Again, this film is trying to create a narrative and it's trying to say that Michael Jackson was responsible for like literally [ __ ] everything. Even in the scene where they're filming the thriller music video, Michael Jackson is micromanaging to the point where he's essentially directing it. Sure, there's a crew there. But essentially, the film is just showing Michael being like, I want the camera to move back that you can see the feet in the dancing. And that's all it shows of the creative process. Never any kind of collaboration, never any kind of Michael needing advice from someone else or happily using ideas from someone else.

[00:05:28]It's not an honest portrayal of any art form that involves more than one person.

[00:05:33]He didn't make everything himself. He did a lot. He's obviously very talented.

[00:05:36]He was the voice of the projects that he was on. Even if he did make everything himself, the way that the creative process is presented in this film is still just a fantasy. It's not how things are made. the guy who Miles Teller is playing in this movie, the best friend lawyer who goes up to Michael and he just says, "Well, you're the best." And Michael's like, "I'm working with you. You're the only person that understands me." He's like, "Yeah, I know. You're the best." This man produced the movie. If you're wondering why this man has such a I'm his only person who ever understood him and I was always this way. And I knew immediately.

[00:06:06]There was never a doubt in my mind. The moment that I smelled Michael Jackson, I knew that he would be the most talented.

[00:06:12]And I'm a talented person for recognizing that talent. I'm a lawyer.

[00:06:15]The reason why is because he produced the movie. For the same reason that the Jackson family outside of Joe is portrayed in such an unrealistic goody two shoes and everything's a fairy tale.

[00:06:24]It's because these are the people who are making the movie. Jafar Jackson, if you didn't know, notice is Michael Jackson's like what nephew. He's related. He's a part of the Jackson family. So that's very funny. During recording sessions, the film cuts away from the recording session just to show him helping children in the cancer ward.

[00:06:39]While the song plays over top, he goes, "Oh, I just love to help the children. I just love to help the children." That's actual propaganda. It doesn't matter if he did that. Sometimes the choice to show that and only that as the extent of his character and the extent of his relationships with children is incredibly dishonest from what we already know, from what is undisputed by even Michael Jackson. The choice to show that and not show anything else is dishonest. They actually filmed a bunch of [ __ ] and had an entirely different third act. After the movie was already finished, the Jackson estate was like, "Oh, wait. Oops. We actually can't include that because legally we agreed to never say anything about that person as a part of the settlement. Which is why when you watch the film, it feels as though there is no third act. That kind of inflated the budget, but who cares?

[00:07:24]It's going to make a billion dollars.

[00:07:25]Probably making several billion dollars if you include the profile of Michael Jackson and how much money the estate's making from his music now being back in the mainstream. Now, if anybody wants my perspective on this, since I am [ __ ] radically nuanced, I have no trouble saying, "Hey, what there's no evidence for, we don't know." But unfortunately, that's something that Michael Jackson stands have a lot of trouble saying.

[00:07:48]Michael Jackson can be a very talented artist who was tortured and had a terrible upbringing. Things were stacked against him, but he persevered and healed people through music. That can be true while also saying that he did inappropriate things with minors.

[00:08:03]>> But is it really appropriate for a 44 year old man to share a bedroom with a child who is not related to him at all?

[00:08:10]>> That's a beautiful thing.

[00:08:12]>> That's that's not a worrying thing.

[00:08:14]>> Why should they be worrying? And I'm on the floor in the sleeping bag.

[00:08:16]>> Did you ever sleep in the bed with them?

[00:08:18]>> No, but I have slept in the bed with many children. I sleep in the bed with all of them. Is it entirely possible that there are people who are lying about abuse from Michael Jackson to try and capitalize on it? Yes, that is entirely possible. There's nothing to suggest that's not possible. That doesn't mean it's 100% true and that we know the nose job is the closest that they ever got to addressing or attempting to explore any part of his real character. Like that was his biggest flaw presented in the film was that he was like, I have to be perfect.

[00:08:47]That was like the extent of his entire character flaw. Michael Jackson's real voice is not, "I want to love the children." This is not disputed. Even Michael Jackson's fans will admit to this. A lot of his fans and stands have looked into this and there's no way that they can deny it at this point.

[00:09:02]>> And his voice is deep as [ __ ] >> Jackson and I had a little moment outside in the courtyard one day. He sort of growled at me in a big voice and gave me a slash across the throat and get out like that. And I I was stunned at how deep his voice really was. He says it like a black man would say, "Damn, I thought the [ __ ] were going to have me." Then he got up and walked out.

[00:09:22]>> See, this is what Mike >> Spike, this is Michael Jackson. Don't See, he used to do that. He had a deep voice and he would use it when mother get out of line. He's trying to get my attention. Spike, I turn >> I What the Where did that come from?

[00:09:41]>> Why so much criticism? If you're a a movie a critic and you're complaining about the stuff that you know, >> is he drunk?

[00:09:53]>> All this other stuff, but the movie ends in 88 and stuff. You're talking about accusations happen. So, you're critiquing the film on something that you don't you wanted, but it doesn't work in the timeline of the film.

[00:10:08]>> The accusers the the timeline was taking place before the film ended. ignoring the accusers. What was publicly known and undisputed were some weird things that he was doing with children. Also, third, the question was not even specifying anything to do with abuse allegations. The question was why the criticism? That's a very general vague question. And I think the overwhelming majority of critics are mostly complaining that it's not an honest character study or representation of a person. We're perpetuating the myth of the brand and selling it to you with the premise that it's about a person when it's not. That appears to be what everyone is saying. And you're a person that said, "Previously, Michael Jackson doesn't use his real voice. I can attest and confirm to that. I worked with him."

[00:10:55]And now you're like, "People who don't like this movie are asking for weird shit." You know that that wasn't an honest representation or portrayal. You know that that wasn't authentic. You know that >> the allegations came post 80. The film ends at 88.

[00:11:08]>> It does.

[00:11:09]>> So >> convenient.

[00:11:10]>> People said >> their defense to this is often why would you tell him how he can portray his voice? If he wants to do that for his stage persona, he has the right to do that. Sure, he has the right to do that.

[00:11:24]But if you're making a film that's allegedly about him and not the mythos, then that would be something to include.

[00:11:30]And there are many reasons why one would do this. A potential reason would be because of the culture at the time and his struggles as a black musician in racist America. As the film even correctly portrayed, I mean not accurately but correctly brought up, it was unusual for black musicians to get the same respect and airtime as white musicians. They didn't want black musicians on and there was a struggle to even get proper fairness and the ability to broadcast your talent. Part of the reason why they had to maintain a squeaky, clean, family-friendly, fun image is because of that racism. It's not far-fetched to imagine a scenario where either Joe or Michael or anyone would think it's a good idea to artificially change your voice so that you came off as less threatening. Right?

[00:12:19]In the case of Michael Jackson, where the movie is now saying, "My fans are my real family." If you're putting a fake version of yourself out to your fans and then your estate is now encouraging very harmful, unhealthy, parasocial attitudes, that's kind of a contradiction, is it not? Oh, you're my real family, but I'm not going to show you what my real voice is. More importantly, if you're going to do a [ __ ] biopic and again have the illusion that you're doing an actual character exploration, why not talk about the voice [ __ ] If he didn't talk like that around his family, then why are there scenes where he is with his family? He's talking directly to Joe being like, "You're not allowed to tell me what to do." When he apparently didn't talk like that, unless to the media. There's plenty of justified reasons for him to be doing a fake voice. And that would be an interesting thing to explore character-wise, psychologically. That's the whole point of a [ __ ] character study is to explore and learn. But instead, this movie is not even interested in even admitting that he has a fake voice. It wants to create a fake version of him to sell to sell to you and people just eat it up. Stands of Michael Jackson. Why are you okay with them presenting a fake version of him that they know is fake?

[00:13:32]They were his family. They're the ones making the [ __ ] movie. If you want a propaganda movie and you're a fan and you just want a celebration of his music, you can still do that without having a dishonest portrayal of someone's character. You can still do that without creating a false fictional fantasy narrative. You could be self-aware about it. you know, have the film explicitly, well, not explicitly, implicitly suggesting that it is not real life, that it's not attempting to portray a character. You could have a celebration of his music by doing like a pseudo documentary playlist type thing like Moonage Daydream with David Bowy's music. It wasn't going to make as much money as this movie ever. And that's a part of the problem is that the Jackson Estate and the producers of this film realized that playlist movies that are just like, "We're going to show you his music again cuz you love it so much."

[00:14:15]Those don't do as well as actual biopics. Biopics have the facade of exploring a character. They masquerade as exploring a character. But ever since Bohemian Rapsidity, which I guess everybody's crediting as popularizing this trend in biopics is that they are now playlist movies that are masquerading as character studies.

[00:14:34]They're character examinations in premise, but they don't actually have any interest in doing that. Because if people are there for the music, a lot of their fans want to hear the music. You want to have the scene where they're recording the song. you like. You can't do that unless you have permission from the rights holders of the songs. And those are people that are directly benefiting from the portrayal of said musicians in those biopics. So, Bohemian Raps City, the rights to those songs were the band members. They had glowing [ __ ] portrayals in that film. I would never touch drugs. You go do your DGEN stuff, Freddy. These films don't exist to tell a story or explore a character.

[00:15:09]They they don't exist with any respect for the actual human being. They exist to make money for the people that are capitalizing off of their legacy. The Jackson estate is currently exploiting Michael Jackson in ways that the film was like, "My family members exploiting me is bad." But the film itself is doing that. This is about them making money.

[00:15:27]And they know that the best way to make money is to have the facade of a biopic and for his image to be squeaky clean.

[00:15:32]There was nothing he did bad ever. And again, we don't need to show him doing something to a child. We can just show something kind of interesting. So, his nephew Jafar Jackson, a lot of Michael Jackson stands are essentially treating him as like the second coming. They're treating him as like a successor. Your voice is amazing, young king. Bro, you did an amazing job on the movie.

[00:16:01]Speaking about nothing, play with control like Nintendo.

[00:16:05]And this one also very evocative of Michael Jackson as though they're intentionally evoking similar feelings.

[00:16:15]>> Still sounds like the weekend.

[00:16:20]>> Not quite there for the choreography or punctuality of the timing. Everybody's creaming themselves over like, "Oh, they recreated a lot of the same things."

[00:16:28]Jafar Jackson did such a great job dancing and like, yeah, he's talented as anyone would be growing up with all of that [ __ ] money and people putting you in in all of the talent classes, but he doesn't quite nail the timing, the intricacies, the detail. He really doesn't at any point throughout the movie. There's always something just a bit off. Michael Jackson was way better, and I mean, you're not going to be able to m match that. Michael Jackson was an incredible dancer. He got the Jackson voice, Jackson smile, and Jackson dance skills. I must be living in a [ __ ] crazy version of reality if everybody else seems to think that Jafar Jackson's singing voice sounds like Michael Jackson's voice and not just the weekend. Every generation needs a Jackson. Now this time for Jafar Jackson. Like I said earlier, they want an heir to the [ __ ] throne. Dog them Jackson jeans are strong. He sound like his. The Jacksons love Brazil. Lao. I'm curious about this. The channel name being genius doesn't help.

[00:17:22]>> It was the 30th anniversary of the Jacksons. They performed in New York and that was the only time I got to see my uncle Michael perform. Just seeing the fans reactions and everyone's the energy that really inspired me to want to be in the music even though I was in golf at that time.

[00:17:35]>> So you were in what? In golf? Like you were doing golf professionally? You mean like as a child? 30th anniversary >> 30th anniversary of the Jackson >> of the Jacksons. Okay, hold on. He was 5 years old. What do you mean he was engulf? Are these auto subtitles?

[00:17:48]They're English. These are captioned.

[00:17:50]Engulfed. Thank you. [ __ ] Christ.

[00:17:53]Thank you so much. Even though I was engulf at that time.

[00:17:55]>> He does say engulf. Engulfed might be what he meant to say, but he does say engulf. He might actually be serious. He might literally be serious that because he was in golf at 5 years old. Rich people that are that rich live in a lit literally a different world. Like an entirely different world where they they don't even understand like what social expectations are for like normal human beings. Like they literally live in entirely different society. All right, here we go. Discover the rising star Jafarjack. Oh my god. Reside regg. Thank you, Gregs. Thank you so much. It's from his website. I'm going to his website.

[00:18:26]Discover the Rising Star. Born July 25th, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, despite initially aspiring to become a professional golfer, starting his music journey at a young age of 12. They're literally talking about No, they're literally talking about him at 5 years old, pursuing golf professionally. Did you hear what I was saying? They live in a different [ __ ] reality. 2001 concert, September 2001, New York. 30th anniversary in New York. the 30th anniversary of the Jacksons. They performed in New York and that was the only time I got to see my uncle.

[00:18:56]>> The only time Jafar Jackson age 29, born 1996. He was 5 years old. He's talking about when he was 5 years old. That really inspired me at the age of five to want to be in music even though I was in golf at the time.

[00:19:10]>> Inspired me to want to be in the music even though I was in golf at that time.

[00:19:13]>> They don't understand what the normal human experience is like. This is normal for these people. BUT HE WAS LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT GOLF AT THE AGE OF FIVE.

[00:19:21]>> I'D BE in the music even though I was in golf at that time. But >> I was trying to become a professional golfer at that time.

[00:19:28]>> I knew it would lead to that eventually.

[00:19:31]>> I knew it would lead to that eventually.

[00:19:32]At the age of five, you knew. I don't like that people are inevitably and all already projecting the hardships of Michael Jackson's upbringing onto this individual who was a professional golfer at the age of five. shifted career goals at the age of 12 and then had a producer making music for him in 2019.

[00:19:53]>> I'm on my way to you.

[00:19:58]>> It's the weekend.

[00:19:59]>> So glad you called my phone.

[00:20:01]>> You have this crush. You've been thinking about her all day.

[00:20:04]>> So relatable.

[00:20:05]>> Been waiting for the moment for her to call you. Finally does.

[00:20:08]>> First of all, the premise of this video on this channel is to get someone to explain their lyrics. Did this song need explaining? Let's listen to the lyrics and then what he's explaining. I'm on my way to you. So glad you called. It's about when you're like glad that she called and you're like on your way to her. Like what are you? You're just repeating the lyrics.

[00:20:26]>> Got me singing ding dum dum.

[00:20:31]>> Got me feeling dumb dumb. I like that the dum dums are on screen because it's this actually makes more sense. Got me singing dum dum. I like it when artists reveal things about themselves in an unintentional way. And I like how this spells f. I like how it says, "Got me singing dum dum. Got me singing dum dum." Because this is the perfect encapsulation of what song he wrote and what the lyrics are. This is actually perfect art and he didn't even know it.

[00:20:54]F got me singing dum dum.

[00:20:56]>> It got me singing. Got me feeling part of the track on the hook. The feeling of after you meet your crush, you have that date and you're so excited. She's in your mind. You're like, "Wow, I got to got to see her. I got to kiss her." And you have butterflies in your stomach.

[00:21:08]The Dum Dums are like butterflies. IT'S LIKE >> THE DUM DUMS ARE LIKE BUTTERFLIES. THIS IS ON here when the single was released in 2019. So literally like him even being treated like he he wrote any lyrics that are worth anything is literally just a result of him having the Jackson last name and [ __ ] nepotism. They all have the same soft demeanor. Oh, he's just like MJ. Who else came here after the Michael trailer? That Jackson gene is so strong it kills me. This generation needs a Jackson. He is most definitely a Jackson. That voice unmistakable. Anyone here after Michael trailer? He truly sounds like Michael Jackson. He has the great potential to explore the world.

[00:21:41]May God help him. He got that MJ energy.

[00:21:44]>> We're going to talk about how [ __ ] shitty the lyrics are. What is this?

[00:21:46]This is parody level. Great voice. A lot like MJ. Sounds so like his uncle Michael. Are these butts? Like every comment says he sounds so much like M.

[00:21:53]He doesn't. He doesn't. He doesn't sound like him at all. The music he's producing sounds like The Weekend. It does not sound like Michael.

[00:22:04]>> This was Michael.

[00:22:05]>> It's so surreal, isn't it?

[00:22:06]>> It's so surreal. They're repeating it like the [ __ ] This is an identical talking point to it's not computer animation, it's live action. Everybody's just saying he sounds like Michael cuz he's singing in a higher register than the average male singer. Is that the only Is that how people's ears work?

[00:22:21]>> This is This is Michael's voice.

[00:22:24]>> This is Michael's voice.

[00:22:26]>> It's so surreal.

[00:22:27]>> It's so surreal. We are wasting resources on people with [ __ ] nothing to say artistically, emotionally. What is the point of art? Excuse me. Even Michael Jackson believed art can heal the world and change people's minds.

[00:22:39]This [ __ ] art ain't doing that.

[00:22:41]Excuse me. Fund real artists.

[00:22:47]>> Nope.

[00:22:53]>> Without the production, he sounds way worse. When he's on this [ __ ] radio show and they don't have all the sweetening, he sounds way worse. Holy [ __ ] Started like [ __ ] flat. Not really nailing the [ __ ] the vocalization. Like it sounds like whiny and weird way like unconfident, not projecting her voice. Well, >> he sounds just like Michael.

[00:23:12]>> If the comments are still saying that on this one, we know that that it's insincere but farm, right? He sounds like Michael. He's got that GOLDEN VOICE. IT HAS to be a [ __ ] There's no way this is real, right? Sounds like his uncle. Oh god, he sounds like his uncle MJ. He has that blessed voice. My jaw hit the floor when he opened his mouth to sing. That's his uncle Michael's voice. No way this is real. People are insane. Okay, a real comment. Thank you.

[00:23:35]He's not there yet. He appears nervous.

[00:23:38]Thank you. A real comment. Thriller vi thriller. Thriller vibes. [ __ ] you. This isn't what Boy, do I hear Michael in that voice. Can't wait till 2024 when he plays Michael Jackson on the new Bionic.

[00:23:51]MJ has blessed him from the grave. Maybe it's not that it's like bots or paid people. Maybe it's a bunch of people that want to believe it so bad. Cuz that's essentially what the movie is, right?

[00:24:02]>> What's your favorite song last year?

[00:24:04]last year.

[00:24:05]>> Oh, what's your what's your favorite song in general?

[00:24:08]>> Um, favorite song in general? Misty by Johnny Matthysse.

[00:24:12]>> Can you sing it for me?

[00:24:14]>> Um, how does it go?

[00:24:19]Um, >> what do you mean your favorite song and then how does it go? That's your favorite song >> by Johnny Matis. How does it go?

[00:24:29]Um, wait.

[00:24:32]>> Just a line or something.

[00:24:34]>> There's so many different versions.

[00:24:36]There's >> It's your favorite song. What is this?

[00:24:39]It's your favorite song, bro. And then all the top comments are still just saying he's just like Michael. He's just like his uncle. The way he smiles and laughs. It's just like Michael. Wow. He looks exactly like MJ in his voice, too.

[00:24:53]I love animals. Just like his uncle Mike. They're not going to talk about the fact that he doesn't remember his favorite song.

[00:24:59]>> I can't think of it. I'm sorry.

[00:25:00]>> Okay, it's okay.

[00:25:01]>> It's your favorite song. Okay, there's a few different versions. Only one version by Johnny Matthysse. This is the most obvious [ __ ] lie in the world. Look at his face. This is a I [ __ ] up, I got caught. This is a you got me.

[00:25:14]>> Uh there's many artists that have inspired me. Just Frank Sinatra, Johnny Matthysse, Sam Cook. Wow, you just listed like a lot of like really [ __ ] classic old artists.

[00:25:25]>> I listen to a lot of music.

[00:25:27]>> Okay.

[00:25:27]>> Which is your favorite Stevie Wonder this song?

[00:25:30]>> Isn't she lovely?

[00:25:32]>> What do you want to sing a verse?

[00:25:34]>> Please.

[00:25:35]>> Second time. Second time. Forget it.

[00:25:39]>> Favorite TV Wonder song.

[00:25:41]>> Oh, sure.

[00:25:42]>> Oh, this is the second time. This is the second time. This is the second time you've done this. He learned a better excuse other than Oh, there's so many different versions and I don't remember it. Oh my god, he learned a different excuse cuz he [ __ ] up the first time.

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[00:26:44]>> Jafar, we would be remiss not to ask you if you could, you know, just like sing for us a little bit. Sing us out here on this lovely Thursday.

[00:26:50]>> He's going to have another excuse.

[00:26:51]>> Good morning. Could you do that for us?

[00:26:53]>> I think his uh producer, >> he's already say he's saying no for him.

[00:26:58]>> Is is you'll definitely be the first to know.

[00:27:01]>> We got to wait to get We got to wait to get this.

[00:27:03]>> This is the third time.

[00:27:05]He's just like Michael. I was looking up interviews of him because as I was watching the film, I got the impression the entire time that like Jafar's vocal impersonation of Michael was sweetened with digital auditory processing effects. trackless the visuals.

[00:27:29]>> I got that impression watching the film and I've been looking up interviews trying to find a single example of him using that voice like in an interview or anything and I can't find one. And I'm not saying this footage doesn't exist.

[00:27:41]It could be something that I just couldn't find. Maybe if I spent another like 30 hours or something. I don't know.

[00:27:45]>> Can you lower the lights from me, please?

[00:27:46]>> That speaking VOICE YOU'RE HEARING, THAT'S ACTUALLY HIM WITH NO FILTER.

[00:27:50]Where's the source? Where's the source?

[00:27:51]Where's the source? When you say that's actually him with no filter, where's the source? Any audio you hear from any movie is not no filter, unless it's [ __ ] Dogma 95. And even those, there's an argument to make that it's not. Yeah. No, it does sound like a madeup story for marketing, which you should expect for a movie that's as big as this, cuz it happens in movies that have nothing to do with Michael Jackson.

[00:28:11]It happens in tons of movies where people will pretend like we used no CG or everything that happened in Frozen was real. Like there's tons of dumb marketing [ __ ] in every movie. Don't believe the weird anecdotes.

[00:28:22]>> That was the only time I got to see my uncle Michael perform. Just seeing the fans reactions and everyone, >> the tone of his voice that he's doing right now, this sounds like from my best guess and interpretation, my feeling, my gut. This feels like what he must have been doing on set and then it was like sweetened with audio editing to get to the higher register cuz this sounds natural. Whereas like if you try to do this, it's, you know, unless you've been doing it your whole life, it sounds like a fake weird whispery voice that might be too comedic. There's a scene where they cover the Pepsi commercial where his hair gets lit on fire. The editing in that scene is very very funny. It goes slow motion and we hear him go like like kind of echoey and like it was so weirdly sensationalized and overdramatic and insincere.

[00:29:07]And of course, they make sure to include like the only reason he was even doing that Pepsi commercial was cuz his dad made him. But after that takes place more than once. They use specific language saying, "You almost died." And Michael says it when he's in the hospital that I almost died. I'm not a doctor. The top of your head got burned.

[00:29:23]Burns can get infected, right? Like there's there's serious complications that can happen from burns. I don't know if almost is the right word. I think saying you could have died is more appropriate. Regardless, they use this language. They repeat it multiple times.

[00:29:34]And while Michael Jackson is on his hospital bed, his manager or lawyer, I forget which character, is like, "Are you sure you want to continue doing the tour right now? You almost died." Yeah, I almost died, but I got to continue the tour for my family, my fans who are my real family. And again, it encourages and facilitates this weird [ __ ] religious myth that he is literally [ __ ] Jesus. He almost died for your sins. He's doing it for you. He's everything's for you. You're his family.

[00:30:01]If you keep buying his [ __ ] you're his family. Are you lonely? Well, Michael Jackson's got you. By the end of the movie, it felt as though not much had happened at all. They introduced the conflict obviously early on between Michael Jackson and his father Joe Jackson who obviously abused to make perform and he was like, I'm like money.

[00:30:20]That feels like a part of a narrative.

[00:30:22]But at no point did it feel like that would be the one and only arc of the film until it was apparent that the film was ending. Oh my god, that CG crowd shot looked horrendous. It's legitimately the worst CG crowd shot out of any major theatrical release in the past 20 years. You know how everybody was making fun of the PS3 graphics in the Flash. It was like, imagine 50 of those characters on screen at once. And it's even in the dark where you should be able to like hide it better. Worse than the Bohemian Raps City crowd shot.

[00:30:53]Yes. Yes. Way worse. Way worse than that. The movie is already like a very heavy playlist movie in the sense that like most of what happened was you heard Michael Jackson songs. Even at the end they're like no we can just do like four or five in a row. Like this is the climax of the movie essentially is like we're getting several in a row and then he like walks past his dad. He's like you're not allowed to do this to me anymore. Goodbye. And that's like the end of the movie. But it seemed really [ __ ] antilimactic and underwhelming for what is allegedly the climax of the film. and then big title on the screen.

[00:31:23]His story continues. A very, very vague thing to say that has the Michael Jackson stands using that as you can't criticize this movie for not talking about anything real cuz there will be a second movie and they might do it in that movie. I don't know. They released it as a movie. We're allowed to judge the things we've seen and not include things that don't exist yet. I think that's a fair thing to be able to criticize. So yeah, he will return in Avengers Doomsday. Well, who knows?

[00:31:47]Here's the thing. I think that his estate probably knows that they make more money by having his image sanitized and whitewashed. Remember when Leaving Neverland came out, they started to like pull some Michael Jackson songs from radio play. They tried to memoryhole the uh Simpsons episode where Michael Jackson theoretically did like a guest role while being uncredited. They were doing some [ __ ] that was hurting the Jackson estate. People are very not nuanced human beings. people don't like to think about things between zero and 100. So, it's difficult for people to be able to watch something with him or appreciate his artistic contributions if they believe that he is not a perfect human being. So, considering that, I don't know if we're actually going to get a part two. I don't know if they're willing to take that risk because right now they're at a safe and comfortable spot with the amount of people watching this movie with his music now being back in rotation. Everybody's got Michael Jackson fever again and it's the year 2026. I think they're happy with that.

[00:32:45]Why would they want to risk having that being jostled? I feel like it's very likely that we're never going to get a second film. And if we do, I'm going to watch it cuz that sounds crazy or hilarious. I would love to see a sequel.

[00:32:58]I would love to see the whitewashed, sanitized version of reality that they have to present. I would love to see them continuing to pretend like he talked like that for real and didn't have a real deeper voice. I want to see more of it. It's crazy. There was a really funny scene where Joe Jackson is behind the stage while his kids are performing and some record executive comes up to him and is like having this really really basic conversation. I think maybe a few words were exchanged.

[00:33:22]She was like, "Man, they're really talented, huh?" He's like, "Yep." She says, "I'm from Sony Records or whatever." She said, "We'll be in touch." And just hands a card to him and then walks away ominously like it was the weirdest conversation. Very cartoonish, very bizarre. funny thing to be in a biopic. And then one more thing I wanted to add. No matter what excuses that we have in any direction about the content of Michael's character and any controversies, we can all agree that he lived a very unprivileged life for his childhood and that he was exploited and that that was wrong. I'm trying to understand why we as a society are not at the point where we're all saying, "Hey, let's just stop having child celebrities." Can we not all agree that that's really [ __ ] up and it opens the door for abuse? And it seems like most of it is abusive, like the overwhelming majority of it, if not all of it. We have laws against child labor. Acting and singing for money is labor. Why do we have an exception for child labor?

[00:34:28]Literally, why do we have an exception for child labor? It doesn't make any sense to me. I think I think that the entire concept is predatory. I think it sets up children for at the very least terrible psychological issues. If they do well and then they grow up and all of a sudden they're not cute anymore or whatever, that's going to be most of their experiences if they are successful is not retaining that success as an adult. The parents legally get the money. That's [ __ ] up. Yeah. you're not going to be able have to have any kind of normal childhood or upbringing, which again is the excuse that the Michael Jackson stands use to justify him being weird at the very least with children. So why don't we all just collectively stop it at the source and not have those situations where we would have to look at adults who had their childhoods robbed from them and start making excuses why they should be cuddling children in bed with them. If we just stop it at the source and say, "Hey, exploiting children is wrong. Even if it's financial, even if you put them in a movie or, you know, make a pop star out of them or whatever, like the whole thing is just absolutely decrepit. It's a system that sets up abuse to be inevitable, and I don't understand why there's no calls for that to end in a society." And I am giving this one a three out of 10 >> due to feces. Hi, I'm Genevieve. I'm 24 and I have four brothers and we have one mother but two fathers who happen to be brothers and we're all members of the Jackson family.

[00:35:59]Oh, what?

[00:36:09]She was [ __ ] both brothers and has kids with both of them. Is this a commune?

[00:36:14]>> Hi, I'm Genevie. I'm 24 and I have four brothers and >> Okay.

[00:36:19]>> We have one mother.

[00:36:23]>> Uh-huh.

[00:36:24]>> But two fathers who >> what >> happen to be brothers and >> happen to be that's a lot of information to just throw at us in the first [ __ ] two seconds of this. AND THE COMMENT THE TOP comments still just say the top top comments still still say he sounds exactly like his uncle. Wow. Not what the [ __ ] It sounds like just like Michael Jackson.

[00:36:54]>> Seriously, mom, we need to fix that accent.

[00:36:56]>> Yeah, I'm sorry. I can't.

[00:36:58]>> Seriously, mom, we need to fix that accent. When the Michael Jackson stands inevitably call me racist, I want them to answer for that quote. If this documentary doesn't go into what the [ __ ] led you to start dating your ex's brother and then having children with him, then it's not a good documentary.

[00:37:14]Look, if Michael Jackson stands Don't Stop, then we're starting a cult on my channel and I'm the princess of Canada and nobody can say otherwise. These people are insane. They're like actually mean and rude.

[00:37:23]>> When they ask you to sing a song, what do what do you say then?

[00:37:26]>> Well, I couldn't at that time. Uh, >> these people are [ __ ] evil. I would leave this interview.

[00:37:31]>> One more song from you. Anything which you like. He's like, "One more song from you." Like, we're demanding this.

[00:37:37]>> We'll take one more song from >> We will take one more song from you.

[00:37:40][ __ ] you. Go [ __ ] yourselves. These people are literally like they are socialists.

[00:37:48]You're lip-syncing right now. This is This is not you singing in the mic.

[00:37:53]>> We went to New York.

[00:37:55]>> All of this.

[00:37:56]>> We went to New York. We went to New York.

[00:37:59]>> What What was the concept for this pose?

[00:38:04]Oh, this is so funny.

[00:38:05]>> I pas I love you. Like what? This is like a Tim and Eric song. Oh my god, this is great. JAFAR REALLY SOUNDS LIKE MICHAEL.

[00:38:19]Stop it. [ __ ] What are you talking about? It sounds like Michael.

[00:38:26]Everyone saying the golf part. This is the most consistent part about his story.

[00:38:34]What? I thought he was since he was three. I love that we got a picture.

[00:38:42]Oh, heat.