| re: “MJ” THE MUSICAL HAS CAST ITS ‘LITTLE MICHAEL’ | |
| Posted by: Ordoc 02:43 am EDT 10/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: “MJ” THE MUSICAL HAS CAST ITS ‘LITTLE MICHAEL’ - stevemr 02:12 pm EDT 10/28/21 | |
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| I am NOT promoting Michael Jackson or "MJ" This is what Lynn Nottage says about the show in the NY Times. I am NOT defending her. No doubt, people will agree or disagree with her, but read what she has to say. Of all her current projects, the most challenging — in the sense of its professional risks, and how to craft a play in light of that — has been writing the book for “MJ.” Jukebox musicals are rarely known for their memorable books; the subject, too, is inherently controversial, given the accusations of child abuse against Michael Jackson that have been detailed in the 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland,” by the British filmmaker Dan Reed. “It’s written,” she says. “But musicals are really written in rehearsal. You don’t know what you have until it’s up there.” The musical is set in 1992, during the two days before Jackson embarked on his “Dangerous” tour, which was ultimately canceled following his confession of addiction to painkillers, which he attributed to the allegations of child abuse. “Part of the reason we make art,” Nottage says, “is to lean into the complexity of the stories and characters we’re exploring, and I think that Michael Jackson is no different.” The play does not pretend to know exactly what transpired between Jackson and his accusers; its project is the question of art, not of guilt. “It’s not my place to be judge and jury,” says Nottage. “My job in this process is to decipher who he is as an artist.” |
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