Episode #452: 'Michael' with Tre'vell Anderson

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Jaafar Jackson (son of Jermaine) dances his slouch-socked feet off in Antoine Fuqua’s new Michael Jackson biopic. And we have no less a personage than Tre’vell Anderson here to help us figure out how to feel about what was left in and what was left out. Then we’ll talk about some biopics that really work for us.

What’s Good

Alonso - Hitchcockian Thrillers by Stephen Rebello

Drea - costumed bar crawl

Tre’vell - grand opening of Maroon (saharalasvegas.com/restaurants-bars/maroon-by-…) in Las Vegas

Kevin - Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman

ITIDIC

• 20% of Netflix Watch Hours are Book Adaptations…and the Bump Goes Both Ways (thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/people-we-…)

• VHS Has Made a Comeback, and LA is the Epicenter (latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/20…)

Staff Picks

Drea - All That Jazz (justwatch.com/us/movie/all-that-jazz)

Alonso - Hokum (justwatch.com/us/movie/hokum-2026)

Tre’vell - Hidden Figures (justwatch.com/us/movie/hidden-figures)

Kevin - Apollo 13 (justwatch.com/us/movie/apollo-13)

This episode was edited by Gabe Mara.

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Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)