Michael Jackson’s death in June has proven to be a goldmine for his family, agents, managers, casual associates, and enterprising entreprenuers. Like other dead celebrities, Jackson’s death has been the most lucrative career move he ever made.
Now get ready for Jackson’s next career move: box office giant.
The slimy owners of AEG, who sponsored Jackson’s aborted comeback tour, have been frantically editing Jackson’s rehearsal footage into a feature film/tribute/money grab called THIS IS IT. The stockholders of AEG claim this is an opportunity for Jackson fans to salute the fallen star; I suspect their motives are a little bit more selfish.
I must admit that this new trailer for the upcoming documentary makes me curious to see the film. Jackson looks much more aware than I previously thought, and the concert itself looks staggeringly epic and complex. Thoughts of “what might have been” hang over this movie like a dead man’s fart. There is no doubt that this will be a huge financial bonanza for everyone involved. Jackson fans will doubtlessly be pleased with it, and it will probably also satisfy the morbidly curious.
No this won’t be it. They are going to milk him like a preteen boy at Neverland Ranch.
I have to say that I’m actually kind of interested in seeing this. I heard someone talking about it on the radio the other day. They claimed to know a person who has seen parts of it and says that it is amazing. He says that the movie is actually very entertaining and will make you laugh and cry. I’m not sure about the crying, but I have a strange interest in seeing this now. I will bet a lot of money that the movie ends with the funeral.