Michael Jackson In Loving Memory 1958-2009 Part IV

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A&E series 'The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty' documents life without Michael



NEW YORK - As the old saying goes, "If you like this kind of thing, you'll like this."

Mirroring too many other celeb-reality shows that come pledging a personal glimpse at their subjects, "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty" is stagey, self-conscious and, most of all, self-serving on the part of its participants.

But if you're a fan of Michael Jackson (always offstage but seldom out of mind), or even the observable members of the Jackson 5 - Marlon, Tito, Jackie and Jermaine - you might enjoy this time spent with them.

The six-hour A&E series premieres at 9 p.m. EST, Sunday, Dec. 13, with back-to-back episodes. The high point of those first two hours comes when Jermaine Jackson cries.

Tearfully, he recalls the dark days of 1976, when the rest of the group leaped to CBS Records while only he stayed behind at Motown, being loyal, he says, "to where we started."

"Do you know what it is to be alone? Just to be alone?" says Jermaine, choking up. "I'm out in the streets and kids are saying, 'We don't want your autograph, 'cause you're the one that broke the group up."'

"When you came back to the group, it was one of the best, favourable memories of my life," says Tito as the foursome shares hugs all around.

It's hard to believe this is really the first time Jermaine has ever expressed his hurt from that rift with his brothers, as he claims. And it's hard to overlook the fact that, during this scene of high emotion, all of them seem carefully arranged on their sectional sofa for maximum visual effect.

Even so, there's something real going on here. It's a nice break from all the canned, rote stuff.

The premise of the miniseries (at least when filming started last January) seems to centre on the Jackson 5, including Michael, reuniting for their 40th anniversary.

The other four brothers start planning a tour and a new album - "the best album we ever made!" Jackie crows.

They exchange lots of stock dialogue like, "I think we owe it to the fans" and, "We're family. We'll be the Jackson 5 till the day we die."

They make self-pitying remarks about the way the media abuse them, for example, "Your fans will be there for you. You have that marriage with them from day one. It's the media that tries to come between that."

That darn marriage-wrecking media!

They also get on each other's nerves. In the studio last May, Jermaine records a vocal track, then heads off to lunch. Jackie decides it's unacceptable and erases it.

"You won't believe what happened in the studio today," Jermaine tells his wife back at home. "I did these vocals, I was very excited about them, and the next thing I know, they were erased."

The first hour (which includes a sentimental, staged-for-TV journey to their childhood home in Gary, Ind.) ends with the news of Michael's death in late June.

Even before his shocking death, it's hard to discern from the miniseries what Michael thought about his brothers' plans for the reunion. His involvement is apparently assumed. But he is only seen in archival footage and heard singing on the soundtrack.

And he's regularly mentioned.

"Your brother was the biggest artist in the world," the Jacksons' attorney, Virgil Roberts, tells them in the second episode, a month after Michael has died. "It's put a special spotlight on you. You're the living legacy."

As Roberts speaks, the Jacksons' album and tour seem to still be in the picture, at least for the sake of justifying this miniseries.

But Jermaine isn't in the image (and his commitment to the group is called into question) when he misses the official photo shoot. He later tells his brothers he had an eye infection.

Some reunion. And four more episodes to fill.

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Syggggg MJ.............. Luv u always!!

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check in!!!!:pompom:

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huhuhu jadi org ke2 yg check in
:pompom:

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melatibiru Post at 14-12-2009 13:58

sapa dgn abe mike ni??
siap kena sensor kat mata lak tu...

bestnye kalo i yg jln pegang2 tgn dgn abe mike tu
{:2_76:}

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huhuhuuh...haku tgh mencuri masa ni..., tgh mencari bahan / news yg menarik nak tepek kat sini, so stay tuned..

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Producer Ken Kragen had this lyric sheet hanging up in his home. It took a lot of convincing to get him to take it out of the frame so we could include it in the book. It's signed by all the artists who sang (in 1985) on We Are the World. Michael's inspiration to write this song came from (primatologist) Jane Goodall, who visited him at Neverland. He talked to her about his aspirations to heal the world, and wanted to know how to set about that task. She said, 'Write a song.' So he did.

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Michael commissioned artist Nate Giorgio to paint and draw for him over the last 25 years. They grew to be very close friends, too. These are Michael's favorite photos that were taken throughout his career from The Wiz, left, to his performance on The Ed Sullivan Show (wearing the purple hat). He gave these images to Nate, asking him to create one work of art from them.

These are four of the last images of Michael. Nate painted these 2 weeks before Michael's death. Michael usually wore a black leather jacket to their sessions. These are very quick studies in which Nate was teaching Michael how to hold a thick paintbrush. Michael loved art and studied Michelangelo and da Vinci. He often asked Nate to teach him painting and illustration.

melatibiru

sapa dgn abe mike ni??
siap kena sensor kat mata lak tu...

bestnye kalo i yg jln pegang2 tgn dgn abe mike tu
{:2_76:}
annur134 Post at 14-12-2009 14:07

yg ni peminat abg mike...dpt peluang spent time with him..bestt kannn??

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abg mike with Warren Beatty (Middle)..yg tepi kanan tu tatau sapa

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Hye, bspotgurl pun dah check in
rumah baru
suasana baru

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korang semua deko laa rumah ni , bikin kasi gempak:pompom:

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From History Tour :

cyndore

hai cynd check-in umah abg mike yg baru....

cyndore

iols tgk vc's Dave kat umah lama abg mike...

haiyooo...kesian dan ngeri nak tgk muka Dave tu. Tp, mmg byk persamaan la ngan abg mike...(wahaha..ni yg wat iols nak start speku-speki nie....kelip, mana uols?...)

cyndore

iols tgk vc's Dave kat umah lama abg mike...

haiyooo...kesian dan ngeri nak tgk muka Dave tu. Tp, mmg byk persamaan la ngan abg mike...(wahaha..ni yg wat iols nak start speku-speki nie....kelip, mana uols?...)

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