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Michael Jackson, "This is It" and that's that
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Michael Jackson is in control in the film “This is It,” the compilation of footage covering the rehearsals for the major concert tour which was cancelled by his death at the age of fifty in June of this year.
Given the tabloid induced background regarding Jackson’s life -- charges of child molestation, financial troubles and speculations over whom his children really belong to -- it is amazing to watch the man functioning at say 80 percent of top speed in this film and doing so in such a way as if to say, “I’m creatively involved in this project and I want everyone in it to succeed and be proud of it.” That’s one of the feelings that comes across in watching this film.
There are flashes of brilliance of Jackson in top form and true to form there are the touches of the over-indulgent artist in references to the self-proclaimed “King of Pop” title that tends to beg the question, “If you’re really the King of Pop, why do you have to proclaim it?”
Critics are often reminded that they are to separate the art from the artist and in an ideal world perhaps this is more the rule than in the case of Michael Jackson.
Not so for me.
The feeling that keeps returning to me after watching this film, which I highly recommend, is that Jackson was able to leave the turmoil of his fractured life behind while he got on stage in these rehearsals and assumed the role of Michael Jackson - the entertainer, and perhaps in that role he was the most comfortable than in any other walk of his shortened life.
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