Word: jacksonism
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VERONICA RODRIGUEZ, of Jackson, Miss., referring to her 17-year-old daughter Ceara Sturgis, whose high school will not allow her graduation picture to appear in its yearbook because she was photographed wearing a tuxedo...
When students in the Quad opened their doors Friday evening, they found themselves facing a three-foot tall Michael Jackson, a dead bride, and Dorothy from the Wizard...
Another girl, who wished to be identified only as Michael Jackson, claimed to have trick-or-treated at Harvard for the last 40 years. How old is she? “50, of course.” Her favorite song? “I like all of them. But especially ‘The Way You Make Me Feel...
...Ortega seems intent upon illuminating Jackson’s subtleties in “This Is It,” it’s because the director is all too familiar with Jackson’s creative process, having worked with Jackson on his last two world tours. Ortega utilizes split screens to show the barely discernible variations of Jackson’s dancing, jerkily grooving to the same song on three different occasions. He often focuses on his facial expressions—a tense grimace taking shape when something doesn’t sit right with...
...poignancy of the film hinges on the less obvious aspects of Jackson’s accolades—his extensive creative and technical involvement in the execution of a large-scale concert event and the hushed awe of all of his colleagues. By serving as a quiet tribute to Jackson stripped of the usual fanfare, “This Is It” exposes a side of the artist that would likely have remained hidden if he had lived to complete the tour...