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It's hard to compress a lifetime into a few hours.

And this is what the movie hoped to achieve: capture the whole life journey of the legend into a few hours.

Hence it was fast paced. A few missing pieces that leaves you desiring to know more about Michael Jackson.

You do will not see his development properly. The character development was mostly empty.

One aspect I would have loved to see is his relationship. As a star Micheal probably have more female admirers than anyone else.

How did he deal with those fans? We saw very little except for a girl, who was not actually his girlfriend.

Also you'll almost learn nothing new from the movie about Michael Jackson. Which begs the question, why create a biopic at all?

But something that really stood out to me most is the portrayal of Micheal Jackson's father.

He played a very central role in the movie and no doubt in Micheal Jackson's life and career.

And so I really do not understand why they tried to paint him as this cold and almost devilish figure.

At some point, his father figure role was almost designed to make you hate him and only love the mother.

But I don't think he is the villain of this story but instead a hero.

He was a mere factory worker and wanted his children to end up better than him.

"if you do not work hard, there's every guarantee that you'll end up right here in this small town as a factory worker. Now would you want that?"

He pushed the kids to be good at something. Not many fathers can see their kids and see the future ahead.

More so, actually push them to fly when the odds are stacked against them.

How a steel factory worker trained 5 boys to become the greatest music bands ever showed someone who deeply cared about his children more than a strict and wicked father.

Of course he could have pampered them like the mother and let them go to school, then join one of the boys in the hood and become nothing.

And it's so sad that towards the end of the movie, they try to portray him as the villain when everyone suddenly turned on him simply because they are now rich.

I mean, he built everything from the ground up. Mr Jackson not only gave the world micheal Jackson, he did the job of moulding him, shaping him up and developing his talent.

And worst still, every night when other fathers are too tired from work, he gathers the boys to practice.

That's not hate. That's tough love.

Another thing I love is the young man who played micheal Jackson. While you can clearly see the mimics in his moves, I think he did very well.

Overall, I think it's a good movie, worth watching but you'll learn nothing new from it.

And that's another angle, it tells you nothing new about the legend.

As a biopic we expect to see the legend in a different light, see aspects of his journey probably gathered from family members and close associates.

But the movie is more or less based on publicly available info. It's like watching what you already know.

There's absolutely nothing to learn new from the movie if you already read a few articles about the singer before.

Much time was spent rather on the making of his music videos such as thriller, beat it and wanna be Startin something.

In this regard, the movie actually lack substance.

There are so many direction this could have gone. I wonder why the dynamic between his father becomes the central role of the movie.

I'm not buying it that his father is bad or terrible.

Any human will be happy to have such a father who not only see them as other kids but as stars.

But not only see them as stars. That's the easier part and every father and mother think their kids are special.

But how many actually take the extra step to put that belief into work? How many fathers today will buy music instruments from their "factory" labor salary, come back from work and make their kids practice even when tired and exhausted?

How many will take their kids around town to book them for gigs, stay up while they play and look for ways to improve them?

Yes, he did beat them. But beating is not killing them. Little discipline goes a long way.

And I think this is a central role to almost any great person in history.

Serena Williams father was also strict with his children in their biopic. And like Micheal Jackson's father, he took his girls to practice regularly even when they don't want to.

He book their games as well finding as many opportunities for them as he could so they can shine.

Sorry Hollywood, but I'm not buying the idea that Jackson was a terrible father to his kids.

And if you enter that prison eh. Hmmm. Even God go need do extra miracle to see you outside

Dshocker:
You think you are in Europe, call which emergency or ambulance? 😂

Oga once a girl dies in your house, and you are a poor man, even if their is evidence you didn't kill the girl, you are going to prison, unless you have money to settle the case, Nigeria is a dangerous place and one of the 8th wonders of the world.

No forget say here no be America. American police will come to your house to conduct investigation, do autopsy and only arrest you when there's sufficient evidence that you are involved in a foul play.

Nigerian police will first lock you up. Cripple every means of getting you out.

You'll be there for years. Lose contact with the outside world and worst, you can't contact anyone to help you.

Naso you go dey prison for 1 year, 2 years and before you blink, you don do 30 years for cell without any head way.

Use your head o.

E go first be like love but check am well well na hungry greedy girl wey dey disguise

Samantha125:
As women, it's our duty to be entitled to your money the same way it's your duty to be entitled to our submission... You provide and we submit...🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️

Like why must we be eating when we are discussing about whether or not we should mate?

And then that responsibility falls on one person only to pay for the meals.

If hunger dey do you, beg for food. No dey use style go chop free food.

We can discuss about relationship while sitting in a park or walking or working or sitting in my room.

Some of una no get sense. This kain setting you no fit find me at all.

South Africans are a disgrace to the continents. A shît stain on the underwear of Africa.

Now imagine the tailor smiling to the bank because she got the contract

shox:
Only god sabi how many ankara this woman go get

So because I get prick you no go help me

Sonofgod1990:
I could have loved to help this lady with 1 million naira. How can I get her please

Na to buy one chilled drink step am down o. Me no go get time dey look meat dey cook o

There's nothing in this world that justify selling your child.

But let's be sincere, is it better she sells the kid to someone who sincerely wants the baby if she cannot raise the child herself?


Check my sîgnatůre

We really need state police. With guns and it should only be the indigenes

My siğnatűre

It's not true that women get more hørny close to menopause. It's false. Why?

They have less estrogen. Estrogen is what keeps the vaginal moist.

So if you're approaching menopause, your vaginal gets drier, so penetration becomes harder and painful for them.

Their sex drive reduces, their bones becomes more brittle and breaks easily.

Menopause is most times a nightmare.

ChizzyBuna:
The idea of an older woman who still looks good in menopause. It means I go knack her wetin no good she no go get belle
Also I'm hearing that women get more honry as the reach menopause. Is it true?

I used to blame Chike
But now I fully understand him

@Mattswaggz and @SAMBARRY

Una two still dey here dey argue?

Also as you pray for God to provide for you, also pray that you dont forget him after he provides for you.

So what if the abroad was the answer to his prayers?

These people assume they are the best or know the right way just because they are paying school fees.

How do you let your child come from home with dirty nails and that is not a cause of concern.

But we must beat the teacher who trimmed the nails?

Chris225:
Pound of flesh crap

What if the teacher is the one that actually beat the hell out of u in front of ur kids 😏
No one has monopoly of violence you know

If you have problem with how ur child is treated
You can take it up
Get it investigated
Use evidence to legally deal with the culprit

If you take good care of your child and teach them well, you won't have these issues you're talking about.

The rest are just your paranoia. Kids eat each other's food in school far more than you can imagine.

And more importantly, they are classmate and supposed to be there for one another.

So, if they can't eat their birthday cake, maybe we should make rules so no one celebrates birthdays in school?

And more importantly, the kids cannot attend each other's birthday if they met in school.

Why even stop there, why can't we make rules so the kids don't even talk to each other?

Y'all take your individual paranoia and try to make it into laws for people to live by. It's nonsensical at this point.

These are humans. Not robots. I've seen children who will come to school and can't even eat the "sweet" foods you parents prep for them.

You as a teacher will sometimes remove from your pocket to help them.

There are too many variables in life, let's learn to be more flexible and stop allowing paranoia take over our humanity.

RockyEyo:
I have one question please...
Do you have a child?
May no body, teacher or whoever not try this with my children..... what happened to communication journal?
See in the days we are in even when they celebrate birthdays you as the teacher or caregiver must never allow the children eat what was given, they are made to take it home so the parents can decide what to do with it..... u now dey talk of hair? So if the boys clothes was dirty the teacher would also wash it and polish his shoes ?
Nonsense.... I sent my kids to school not the barbers shop and guess what, I know the difference

So us wey never touch aeroplane before suppose do wetin?

Allow him to use whatever means of transport he wants.

There are many reasons why he may be hiding.

Fans may try to mug him. Enemies can try to shoot him. He may just want to sit in peace. His other transport may be having issues.

He may be broke.

In all, free him. Person wey dey waka before, later make am suppose fit waka again in peace.

Same with me. Nowadays my "I no get" response dey enter before their "abeg help me" text

If i no get money and you no fit vibe with me then dey go. Other girls dey

zanshi:
had an experience with a girl like this sometimes ago

everytime buy me this, buy me that till i cut her off.

sometimes men dey give them a benefit of doubt but once they start to do whreey cut dem off.

Seriously.

Most guys don't know they are copying and pasting the same thing.

One go just wake up text me "guy abeg help me with 2k"

Before I used to say hi and try to be friendly.

Nowadays if she text, I go just type "right now I no get".

If she no broke why she dey beg? Then na me wey no beg her go come dey shame?

God punish shame.

Some will be friendly with you and prep you for billing.

She go give you attention dey reply your chat sharp sharp. You too will be feeling like you're vibing well. But na Nigeria demon wey wear cloth.

Give her few minutes she go want make you pay for something.

Mcslize:
They always do copy and past. The same text she used to beg you, she will send it to 10 other guys.

Na their broke shaming tactic dey muse me pass. You will see a lady without skill nor any viable source of incoming broke shaming a guy for refusing to succumbs to their almajiri begging. Quite delusional species.

There's a difference between girl wey you and her don dey run package and girl wey you dey talking stage with.

If i Don sleep with girl before and she comes to ask me for money, as long as I get I go give am sharp sharp.

I no dey joke with that area but the one wey you just feel say because I dey toast you, you go come and then I go give you my money no go work.

If I'm just toasting her and text her "abeg come gimme doggy I dey Hot today" she go either insult me or block me saying I'm not romantic or I'm rude.

So why is it okay to dump her responsibility on me? Dem forbid her to play along and be romantic?

Bendeco02:
Your last line spoiled your write-up

Who told you that girls don't ask who they like for money? You did not even say over bill.

Just like saying guys don't ask the girl they like for sex.

Some of you are yet to learn some things.

Girls can ask anyone for money but the difference is that the girl that love you will not leave you or start avoiding you because you refused to give her money.

If you approach and date a girl without a job, what do you expect from her?

You want her to be dating you and then be asking other guys for money? Then be ready to shear her with other guys as well and not complain about her having multiple male friends.

You must learn not to sugar coat things. She demands for a date.

On the date, she demands for things. Suddenly when you demand for her body, you need to be civil.

Not civil, you should not demand for her body. That's the rule.

I mean, both of you go on a date, she eats whatever she wants and drink whatever she wants.

You clear the bills.

But when it's time to reciprocate, you need to play along on uncertainty. Like what exactly is your gain from taking her out and spending on her?

What exactly will make a girl ask you on WhatsApp to send her 5k because you're toasting her?

Like what is in it for you? She dey sell something wey you buy on credit?

Girls are selling their attention and body to you in exchange for money but something dumb inside of you say, you should not be direct with her because it'll not look good to do so or you're scared of scaring her away.

If she demands for money. Demand for her body. If she refuses, well, you lost nothing.

How do you go out on a date with a girl, spend lavishly and yet you have no idea whether she'll sleep with you or not.

Worst, you're anxious about how to ask her to get into bed with you.

Girls rely on these societal rules to exploit you.

She eats like a glutton and was not ashamed but suddenly when you ask for her body, she goes into that fake rage.

Like baby girl, all those foods I was buying and the money you want me to send to you, do you think I'm giving you tithes?

Money is a medium of exchange. Men today are giving these women free money and are too scared to demand return for their money.

The seller was never anxious when collecting money from your hand but you the buyer are anxious and scared of demanding for the goods you're paying for.

No be můmů be that?

As a guy, you need to learn to be more brutal.

See women don't care to be civilized or courteous when making their demands.

She will tell you as a man you need to do this or that for me.

I was with a girl recently and she told me before she can sleep with me, I must take her out on a date first.

But this girl will come to my house, ask me for 1k here and there.

At first, I was giving her the money but each time we enter bed, she'll say, you have to take me out first before I can sleep with you.

No shame. No care about how it'll make me feel.

Her demands were clear as day. On the other hand I was doing, eh if I refuse her money it'll not look good.

But I just lock up and started refusing her money clearly. I told her plainly when she demanded that I buy her a bag of water.

I'm not sleeping with you why should I be buying you water?

Stopped her from coming to my place to cook and eat.

Girls know something you don't. If you dont give her money, she loses nothing other than you which she never liked anyways.

If you give her money then at least she gains something from keeping you around.

If you are trying to toast a girl today, it always cycle back to money nowadays.

Either asking for data sub or money for food.

The last girl I was chatting with just casually drop the "I'm hungry" line and then proceeded to tell me "I don't want to eat house food"

Before this, I've made up my mind on a very concrete issue, that as long as I'm not sleeping with you, there's no way I'm sending a kobo from my account to yours.

Girls today have this habit of getting your number, chatting you and then billing you.

If its favorable, they keep chatting you because they know they can come back again for more begging.

But if you refuse, they drop their energy and some will even stop chatting you... Making you feel bad.

As a guy, you need to understand this "feeling bad" is intentional and especially since you like the girl and want something with her.

Now most guys think giving her money will do something for them. But it doesn't.

Learn to protect your money. If you're not fvcking her, don't give any girl shît.

I once have a girl that every week she must beg me 2 to 3 times. I believe she thinks one day I'll wear out or feel ashamed and give her money.

Girls know guys don't like coming across as poor. They rely on you "feeling ashamed" so you are willing to give to relief yourself.

I keep denying her regardless of how many times she begged.

Omo. One day this girl posted screenshots of different guys sending her 2k up and down on her status.

Likeee. So her usual way of life na to just dm random guys on her contact that have toasted her and be asking them for money.

She's cute make I no lie. But nothing fit make me send any girl money.

If she can ask you for money, she's really not into you. Girls no dey bill guys wey dem like.

Most men bend and break their backs for women who will not do the same thing for them.

These women don't deserve shît. Whether they are in love with you or you're in love with them.

Learn as a man to do less. If she want to go let her go.

Understand that if you have to do a lot to make her stay, she's staying because you're doing a lot, not because of love.

If she loves you, she'll be doing a lot too.

No go break your back for anybody o

God help you say medical students no dey there to use you practice

Ayomisure:
I went to a teaching hospital to see a doctor today for a case of internal haemorrhoid, to cut long story short, this man say he wan do rectal examination, say mah face wall off trouser, I no first understand 😂💔
Omo, I no get choice o, if you see wetin this man dey chook me like say I say I offend am, worst thing be say, no be only him dey there, Omo I just bow my head, I no fit talk anything 😂💔

rectal exam is not pleasant for anyone. So before you complain, think about how the doctor feels putting his hand in your anus as a straight man and he still need to use the hand to eat.

Did you see that in my writeup?

JIBO4REAL:
Netanyahu Love Christian?

They are currently attacking, kidnapping and raping the peaceful people of Nigeria

Eniitankorede:
Shut up your stinking mouth. You are talking against common sense. Which Muslims have been attacking any country in 1000 years? Just name one muslim country attacking others within that period. Stupid talk!

Muslims are never the good guys.

God1000:
God bless Iran, they are the good guys

Iran has truly humbled america oo, The almighty america is now demanding for talks