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John Fardy

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267 total appearances

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The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

And then he has great success with that.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

And there's this tug between him and his dad who wants him to stay with the Jacksons.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

Then we have Thriller where

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

which goes, you know, interstellar and galactic.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

And we see lots of clips of him making that and shooting videos and stuff.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

But it's just really, there's no drama.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

There's no interior life of Michael Jackson shown in this.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

So it's just Michael Jackson, the star.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

Yeah.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

And like, you know, so whenever you see a biopic, there's usually like if it's, you know, Cash, Elton John, all these people, there's moments of them falling in love or there's moments of them just being broken by something.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

We don't really see any of that.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

The only thing we see is him befriending animals as in as an escape.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

You know, he's bringing llamas home and he's

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

there's a scene where this truck arrives and the whole family are standing in his mansion and they're wondering what is it what is it michael and a monkey comes out and this is bubbles and that's about as dramatic as it gets to be honest and there's occasional scenes of him staring at peter pan books going that's who i want to be but like to me that's just that's very pedestrian screenwriting you know

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

Yeah, I mean, some of the reviews have called it bad karaoke and they've called it just like cosplay.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

You know, there's absolutely nothing in it.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

Now, there is all of the scandal around Michael Jackson, which was left out.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

And we were told that was because there was a legal agreement between one of his alleged victims and the Jackson family or the Jackson Trust, which meant that that case couldn't be mentioned.

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

But I mean, it's not really a reasonable explanation, is it?

The Claire Byrne Show
John Fardy reviews ‘Michael’ the biopic

Because you can avoid mentioning that one case and fulfil the obligations of that legal agreement, but you don't have to leave out all of the scandal around Michael Jackson and the claims that were made against him.