‘MJ’ review: Michael Jackson Broadway show sanitizes his life and music
nypost.comthose regular slumber parties with 8-year-olds at the home of the world’s most famous man that the press so “twisted” do not come up in the musical.
Fine.Still, the singer keeps decrying “the constant noise, the media, the lies.” Michael complains to MTV about journalists and to his business manager about tour costs.
He lists off his charity work (again, lawyers), giggles a lot, takes painkillers and tells his dancers to do better. Then the cast performs another number in workout clothes.
We learn next to nothing about a deeply fascinating figure other than a surface-level examination of his difficult childhood during the Jackson Five days with monster dad Joe Jackson (Quentin Earl Darrington, who also plays tour manager Rob) and how that informed his tireless worth ethic.In skipping over the most dramatic parts of his life, Nottage seeks to disconnect the artist from the art.
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