New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
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New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by Admin Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:34 pm
New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by Steve McPherson
If you care the slightest bit about pop music, your must-watch list now includes Spike Lee's documentary Bad 25. The film bears the same name as the deluxe silver-anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson's third solo album, which was released (you guessed it) 25 years ago.
Bad had the unenviable task of following up his intergalactic smash Thriller, and while it's an amazing album, Lee's movie does an even better job than the music alone in reminding us what an overwhelmingly talented and hard-working performer the self-appointed King of Pop was.
Lee's movie debuted at the Venice International Film Festival and gets a full DVD release in February of 2013. In the meantime, there's an hour-long cut you can currently stream online by the grace of Hulu.
Bad 25 is more than a mere tribute or companion piece. Moving through the album track by track, Lee unearths some gloriously unusual tidbits that we'd been completely unaware of lo these many years.
For example, did you know that "Annie" in "Smooth Criminal" is named for the industry-standard resuscitation dummy that Jackson had been learning CPR on? And that part of CPR involves asking the person in respiratory distress, "Are you okay?" Or that as he was working on Bad he would write 100,000,000 in red Sharpie on the bathroom mirror of wherever he was on tour as a reminder of how many copies he wanted to sell?
That last illustration of Jackson's driven nature is reported by Miko Brando, Jackson's longtime confidant and bodyguard, and it reflects the titanic undertaking that this album was for Jackson and producer Quincy Jones.
For comparison, Thriller was already the best-selling record of all-time when work began on Bad, and it had only sold a quarter of that lofty goal.
Brando and a generous cast of musicians (including Kanye West), choreographers, producers and arrangers actually manage to give us the Jackson that his immaculate and hyper-precise music often can't: a real tangible human being.
We get to see Jackson and two of his choreographers staying up all night at a New York hotel working on dance routines for the "Bad" video. We see how Jackson worked tirelessly to absorb and rework influences from Soul Train to Fred Astaire. Choreographer Vincent Paterson tells how Jackson stopped a video shoot cold with one a capella line and a signature "Hoo!" during the filming of "The Way You Make Me Feel."
Set alongside these insider insights, clips like the full-length performance of "Man in the Mirror" from Wembley in 1988 grow in magnitude and once again make the late MJ more powerfully present than an iTunes playlist ever could.
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by Steve McPherson
If you care the slightest bit about pop music, your must-watch list now includes Spike Lee's documentary Bad 25. The film bears the same name as the deluxe silver-anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson's third solo album, which was released (you guessed it) 25 years ago.
Bad had the unenviable task of following up his intergalactic smash Thriller, and while it's an amazing album, Lee's movie does an even better job than the music alone in reminding us what an overwhelmingly talented and hard-working performer the self-appointed King of Pop was.
Lee's movie debuted at the Venice International Film Festival and gets a full DVD release in February of 2013. In the meantime, there's an hour-long cut you can currently stream online by the grace of Hulu.
Bad 25 is more than a mere tribute or companion piece. Moving through the album track by track, Lee unearths some gloriously unusual tidbits that we'd been completely unaware of lo these many years.
For example, did you know that "Annie" in "Smooth Criminal" is named for the industry-standard resuscitation dummy that Jackson had been learning CPR on? And that part of CPR involves asking the person in respiratory distress, "Are you okay?" Or that as he was working on Bad he would write 100,000,000 in red Sharpie on the bathroom mirror of wherever he was on tour as a reminder of how many copies he wanted to sell?
That last illustration of Jackson's driven nature is reported by Miko Brando, Jackson's longtime confidant and bodyguard, and it reflects the titanic undertaking that this album was for Jackson and producer Quincy Jones.
For comparison, Thriller was already the best-selling record of all-time when work began on Bad, and it had only sold a quarter of that lofty goal.
Brando and a generous cast of musicians (including Kanye West), choreographers, producers and arrangers actually manage to give us the Jackson that his immaculate and hyper-precise music often can't: a real tangible human being.
We get to see Jackson and two of his choreographers staying up all night at a New York hotel working on dance routines for the "Bad" video. We see how Jackson worked tirelessly to absorb and rework influences from Soul Train to Fred Astaire. Choreographer Vincent Paterson tells how Jackson stopped a video shoot cold with one a capella line and a signature "Hoo!" during the filming of "The Way You Make Me Feel."
Set alongside these insider insights, clips like the full-length performance of "Man in the Mirror" from Wembley in 1988 grow in magnitude and once again make the late MJ more powerfully present than an iTunes playlist ever could.
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Re: New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by midangerous Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:21 pm
Wow there's alot of things I didn't know about! I hope to see it soon.
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Re: New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by Admin Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:21 am
@midangerous: You can watch it now on Hulu (so you can go see it)
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by midangerous Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:18 pm
Hey guys, I'm really enjoying watching it, it's great!
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by Admin Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:08 pm
@midangerous: Glad you get to see it now (is why I posted this thread-for all who haven't had a chance to watch)
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by midangerous Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:42 pm
Yeah Admin, that's great! 
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by midangerous Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:52 pm
I just finished watching it today, it is such an amazing documentary! It's kinda sad at the end though.
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Re: New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by Admin Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:20 am
Oh I'm glad you had a chance to see it midangerous! I look forward to the February 2013 release of the full documentary (with an additional hour of footage)
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by midangerous Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:53 am
Yeah me too Admin!
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Re: New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by midangerous Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:00 am
I just watched it again on Hulu, it's awesome! 
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Re: New Michael Jackson Documentary: Spike Lee's Bad 25 Is a Funky Gem You Can Watch Online
by May Michael Jackson Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:01 am
I never get tired of watching it. Michael looks more gorgeous everyday... I want to buy the DVD in February for sure. 
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