“Michael” and the Tension of Lacking Tension
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.

An unofficial Duran Duran live album, recorded during The Paper Gods Tour at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on 20 September 2017.
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
If Top Gun needed to say it, Top Gun: Maverick makes you feel the need... the need for speed.