The recent wave of music biopics has dramatized some of the most influential artists of the 20th century, including Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, but the sub-genre appears to be culminating in a grand cinematic event this April with the release of Michael, the story of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Drawing mass attention from audiences due to the subject's overwhelming popularity and complicated legacy (something we're not entirely sure if the film is allowed to touch), Antoine Fuqua's biopic will be inherently entertaining thanks to the presence of Jackson's music and his nephew and striking look-alike, Jaafar Jackson, who is portraying the star in the film. In an alternate world, Jackson, if he weren't the most prodigious pop star in the world, could've been a mainstay in movies. Before recording Thriller, Jackson, in his only feature film role, starred in a bold and strange adaptation of the Broadway show, The Wiz, an unlikely reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.
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