MICHAEL: Reviewed!
It’s a Michael special! That’s right. The movie Michael. The Michael Jackson biopic. Christopher wanted to do a A Complete Unknown but for him this time. Well you got it buddy. Maybe we didn’t get a whole movie day in town for it but still. We both watched the film (and scored it? Why lol) and then talked about it for an hour. Which is literally all we want.
I can’t believe it. He can’t believe it. You can’t believe it. What are we doing here? I kind of can’t remember a time when I didn’t associate Michael Jackson with Christopher Anousis and vice versa. I’m sure I was aware of MJ before I met CA. But then I met CA … and just a few short years later we started the CCCAH, you know the story by now. Who should play us in the biopic? I think I’ll be played by BJ Novak and Christopher will be played by Jim from The Office. What’s his name? You know, Emily Blunt’s husband. Jack Ryan. Hey, wait, these dudes are too American. Ok I’ll be played by Riz Ahmed and Christopher will be played by Stavros Halkias lol close enough, whatever. This is why you just get your brother’s kid to play you. It’s easier.
I’ll never forget when Michael Jackson died. Christopher was at Glastonbury. I was not. I literally called him when I saw the news. And I rarely will call. But this time called for a call. We just chatted for a few minutes but I had to check in. I’ll never forget it. He has probably forgotten it for years and just now reading it in the show notes he’s like “wait, did that for real happen?” My friend. I can assure you it did. And then you saw The Boss and Neil Young without me ugh whatever.
Watch Michael if you like. At a cinema. Like myvue.com
Christopher’s favourite bit of media ever, it sounds like, is called “The Jacksons An American Dream” and lives in its entirety here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFoBmNdzPe4
Michael Jackson on Oprah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKlqIh4STt8
Spike Lee being Spike Lee: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spike-lee-shuts-down-critics-171500130.html
Christopher is not a fan of Chapo Trap House because he doesn’t like the comparison of Trump and Michael Jackson but hey … just listen to the whole clip lol points were made by the greatest political podcast of our time, happy ten years CTH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVOCBckx48
This is Mark Kermode’s review of the hagiography that is Michael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTeKjkZ2IZ4
This is the Jacobin review of Michael, which typifies the general critical reception: https://jacobin.com/2026/05/michael-jackson-biopic-film-review
Tom Breihan, on the other hand, didn’t hate Michael! So I guess we have that also: https://stereogum.com/2496783/i-didnt-hate-michael/reviews/movie-review
Welcome to … *the actual last special* … for now? THE JOURNEY CONTINUES!
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Special FAVE MOMENT FROM THE POD RECORD note for VIP read-the-whole-show-notes-members only: When we did our not terrible impressions to be fair. What if we had just done the whole pod doing Michael Jackson/Joe Jackson/Don King voices? Would that have been sick?
The Journey Continues! Damn, I said that already. Well, it does though!
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