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Director Allan Moyle's Michael Jackson biopic is careful not to tread on any sequined dancing slippers, opting to hint at malfeasance rather than making direct accusations. Essentially a backstage drama, the film zips back and forth in time and begins by reflecting on the early promise of the musical prodigy born in 1958. After his 1964 debut, little Michael Jackson (Brennan Paul Gademans) has little opportunity to enjoy his precocious success: His tyrannical father, Joe (... read more leave a comment
Year: 2004
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Flex Alexander: Michael Jackson
Fred Tucker: Joe Jackson
Peter Onorati: Ziggy
Eugene Clark: Bobby
Patricia Idlette: Kat Jackson
Lynne Cormack: Liz Taylor

 

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Jacko's Wacko Movie

Tonight on VH1, Flex Alexander impersonates the scandal-ridden King of Pop in Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (9 pm/ET). With Jacko's child-molestation trial looming, and weird news stories breaking about him almost daily, the role must've posed quite a challenge. Especially for Alexander, a comic actor best known from his UPN sitcom, One on One. Here, he tells TV Guide Online all about moonwalking in Jacko's spooky shoes. TV Guide Online: Did Jackson's legal troubles scare you?Flex Alexander: It didn't deter me because no one can say he's guilty! They just have thoughts and opinions. If we all lived the life that he lived, being a star at four or five years old, we might be a little different, too. Him and God know what happened. Let the court take care of it, and let's focus on the good he's done for children and this world. TVGO: So this film isn't a hatchet job?Alexander: The movie is very positive. read more

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