So many unanswered questions


Just saw this and posted a review. But it really seems Spike Lee is not as interested as he should be. Because he raises questions in this documentary that he makes no effort in trying to find out. He seems to be a moviemaker who is most comfertable in his chair than anywhere else.

- Who made Michael cry in She´s out of my life? We debate this, but who could possibly help answering. Maybe one of the three movie stars he dated who is still alive? Or his six brothers or two sisters who even lived with him in during these days? Didnt bother asking those.

- What did Michael want to do differently that he could not do in Motown? Okay, write his own music? Since you have Berry Gordy on this film, why not ask him about it? Why not mention the fact that everybody else was leaving Motown?

- Why did Michael want to work for himself as a solo artist? Could it have something to do with the fact that his father physically abused him and bullied him during his entire life? Why leave that out?

- Why not interview Quincy Jones, the producer that made this album happen? Any responsible journalist would atleast provide a reason for this in the film.

- So Off the wall only won one Grammy and sort of upset Michael? Why not dive into that and perhaps ask the people who worked with him on how he changed musically after this letdown? Such as Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Bruce Swedien, who all should be featured way more in this film than they are.

- Why instead spend time on Pharell talking about how he imagines unicorns in one of the songs?

- If Michael was really interested in writing his own music, how come he only got three songs on there? Maybe you should dive into his song writing skills at this time? And perhaps be honest about how they were not as great as they later would become.

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- Who made Michael cry in She´s out of my life? We debate this, but who could possibly help answering. Maybe one of the three movie stars he dated who is still alive? Or his six brothers or two sisters who even lived with him in during these days? Didnt bother asking those.



Personally I think it was Diana Ross, she wasn't technically 'out of his life' but from what I've heard there was something more than just friendship going on there at some point... And I think their age-difference was a big issue for her if nothing else

Or it could have been just the fact that he struggled finding and keeeping someone in general and no one in specific, but yeah I would guess at Diana

I think they messed up when they had Eddie Murphy make fun of the song in his stand up show put in, it ruined the moment completely for me.

And what was Kobe doing there? 'Bad 25' had Bieber but at least he's a singer... If Spike does a doc about Dangerous will he invite Mike Myers???

- Why did Michael want to work for himself as a solo artist? Could it have something to do with the fact that his father physically abused him and bullied him during his entire life? Why leave that out?


I think that since Joe was in the documentary (for like a minute) he demanded that any such alegations would not be brought up or Spike didn't bring it up out of respect... Or he just saw it as gossip.

I agree with most other issues you bring up though, it felt a bit like Spike wasn't putting in as much effort as he did with 'Bad 25'

Somedays you just can't dispose of a bomb.

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