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'This Is It' reconnects us to the King of Pop
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A still shot of Michael Jackson captured from the film "This Is It."
Walking into the theater to see “This Is It,” the final glimpse of Michael Jackson’s much-anticipated comeback, I had absolutely no expectations. As the film opened a weird thing happened, emotions hit me and somehow I was brought me back to my childhood innocence.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a Michael Jackson super fan. I don’t even come close. In fact, I could be quite the opposite. No one can deny the man’s talent, but as his career and personal life merged into one it left many of us with images of his bizarre antics and ever-changing face.
Around 1988-1991 like most kids, I possessed a great fondness for Michael Jackson, I loved it all – Man in the Mirror, Black or White, Smooth Criminal, his dancing, his outfits, the glove, he was the ultimate star.
But as MJ’s reputation deteriorated so did that innocence. Growing up in the 90’s, we experienced two very powerful pop culture events that introduced the "Pepsi generation" to the dark side of celebrity and humanity – Michael Jackson’s impending legal battles shrouded with sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, and the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman followed by the media circus that was the O.J. Simpson trial.
Somewhere around 1993 (the year he oddly defended himself to the world), Michael crossed into the sphere much of the world kept him in, the Wacko Jacko world of sleepovers, Neverland Ranch and endless plastic surgery.
The spotlight that he charismatically occupied as a kid and young adult began to dim.
“This Is It” washes away much of that negativity that has since surrounded MJ and brings back the love or “L-O-V-E” as he says in the film. The behind-the-scenes shots, interviews with the crew and rehearsal footage allow you to experience firsthand the magical triumph that was Michael Jackson and his return to greatness.
The film opens with an introduction to the tour’s dancers each emotionally sharing their journey to share the stage with the King of Pop, “the pinnacle of their career.”
With a mix of pyrotechnics, visual effects, vignettes, choreography and oh yeah, the music, “This Is It” the tour would certainly have lived up to the hype, or at least that’s the feeling you walk away with.
This was the chance to be re-introduced to the Michael Jackson that virtually every human of our generation at some point truly respected, hardly thinking about the oddity that he became or the financial woes that he suffered, instead feeling a rush of emotion torn between his career and talent mixed with the sense of tragedy and loss at his death.
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