Abstract: In this seventh episode, Elizabeth and Karin discuss the fact that this year is the seventh anniversary since Michael Jackson's death, and it is also the 400th anniversary since William Shakespeare's. We draw several connections between the need to celebrate Shakespeare's legacy and the ongoing debates about how to preserve Michael Jackson's. As always, our discussions take us into new and exciting places of thought and expansion. Enjoy!

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 7 – MJ 7 Meets Shakespeare 400." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation2, no. 3 (2016). Published electronically 7/05/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-7-7516-mj-7-meets-shakespeare-400/.

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Episode 7 – MJ 7 Meets Shakespeare 400By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'It's always important to embrace art that has such a significant influence in culture... In time we'll have so much more on Jackson, adaptations of his work and so much more.'- Karin Merx

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All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them1. Shakespeare 400 is a 'consortium of leading cultural, creative and educational organisations, coordinated by King’s College London', who, throughout 2016, are marking Shakespeare's 400th anniversary in 'a connected series of public performances, programmes, exhibitions and creative activities' throughout the city of London.2. Shakespeare400 - http://www.shakespeare400.org/3. The First Folio(1623), published seven years after Shakespeare died.4.  ‘Chapter 20 – The Power of the Editor and Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Releases’ In The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016).5. Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On 'Episode 3 (7/2/16): What is Michael Jackson Studies?'6. James Shapiro, 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (Faber & Faber, 2006)7. Sarah Dustagheer, Jennifer Young and Hannah Crawforth, Shakespeare in London (Bloomsbury, 2015)8. Elizabeth Amisu's 6-week online course, An Introduction to Michael Jackson Studies at Online Arts Education. Introduction and first lesson completely free! [N.B. This offer has now expired.]9. Professor Marie Plasse's Michael Jackson: Reading the King of Pop as Cultural Text at Merrimack College.10. Dr Tristan Cabello at American University, Washington, DC, United States of America11. Michael Jackson ONE, tribute show by Cirque du Soleil.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, Artist, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. 

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Abstract: In this sixth episode, Elizabeth and Karin discuss the 2016 documentary, Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to 'Off The Wall', directed by Spike Lee. Their discussion begins with Lee's body of work, and how it connects with this particular documentary, and go on to explore the use of it as a text for teachers, researchers and academics. Throughout this episode the wonderful solo album, Off the Wall remains a key topic of discussion.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 6 - 'Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to 'Off the Wall''." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 2 (2016). Published electronically 7/04/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-6-michael-jacksons-journey-from-motown-to-off-the-wall/.

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Episode 6 - 'Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to 'Off The Wall''

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'Spike Lee is important because he engages this impassable divide between high art, low art, popular culture and high culture. Spike Lee is one of those directors who are just part of our past, and our present, and our future.'

- Elizabeth Amisu

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. Spike Lee's 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production company has its eponymous roots in African-American history and slave culture.

2. Off The Wall (CD/DVD).

3. Spike Lee, "Malcolm X." (40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992).

4. ———, When The Levees Broke (HBO, 2007).

5. Rolling Stone Magazine 10 Things We Learned From Spike Lee's New Michael Jackson Doc 

6. Spike Lee, "They Don't Care About Us (Brazil Version)." 1996.

———. "They Don't Care About Us (Prison Version)." 1996.

7. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson (Sterling, 2011).

8. Mass Media and Racism by Stephen Balkaran.

9. Colour-blind casting: how far have we really come?

10. Spike Lee, "Bamboozled." (40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992).

11. Spike Lee's profile at NYU.

12. More about Mark Rothko from The Tate.

13. Margo Jefferson, On Michael Jackson (Pantheon, 2006).

14. Nyong’o, Tavia. "Have You Seen His Childhood? Song, Screen, and the Queer Culture of the Child in Michael Jackson's Music." Journal of Popular Music Studies 23, no. 1 (2011): 40-57.

15. Elizabeth Amisu, "MJ Studies Today III (15-03-16)." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies (2016). See especially quotes from Aisha Staggers and Kerry Hennigan in the comments.

16. Lanre Bakare's review for The Guardian.

17. Japanese trio perform a dynamic cover of Jackson's Smooth Criminal using indigenous instruments.

18. Adrian Grant, Michael Jackson: A Visual Documentary: The Official Tribute Edition (Omnibus, 2009).

19. Dan Harmon's upcoming film told from the perspective of Bubbles the Chimp.

20. Joseph Fiennes to play Jackson in an upcoming television program.

21. A first pressing vinyl record of Off the Wall.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.

Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Find out more about Elizabeth here.

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Abstract: In this fifth episode, a bonus MJAS Exclusive, Elizabeth and Karin discuss the recent sale of the Sony/ATV catalogue by the Michael Jackson Estate. They use a range of sources to explain exactly what the Estate is, how it functions, and go on to reach new conclusions on Jackson's posthumous resonance from an academic perspective.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 5 - MJAS Exclusive: The Business of Michael Jackson’s Estate." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation2, no. 2 (2016). Published electronically 7/04/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-5-mjas-exclusive-the-business-of-michael-jacksons-estate/.

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Episode 5 - MJAS Exclusive: The Business of Michael Jackson’s EstateBy Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'Milton’s bones, for instance, were dug up at the end of the eighteenth century for souvenirs, just as fragments of his early poems had been exhumed and confiscated by minor poets. Neglected at first, eventually competed for, like Homer, by contending cities, the poet goes to meet his shades. But not unsung. With his dying breath, frequently, an industry springs up around him – memorialists, literary undertakers, chisellers, epitaph-makers. The custodians of his fame take charge of manuscripts and the will. He enters his tomb.'– Lawrence Lipking, The Life of the Poet: Beginnings and Endings

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them1. Statement From Michael’s Estate(MJWN)2. Michael’s Estate Sell Sony/ATV Catalogue - Press Release (MJWN)3. Key Concerns Of Trust And Estate Lawyers- Forbes.com4. 'Interview with author, Lynton Guest' In Episode 27 -Sony/ATV Purchase Roundtableby The MJCast (1:12:30-1:37:00)5. 'Even After $750M Sony/ATV Deal, Michael Jackson Misconceptions Abound' by Zack O'Malley Greenburg.6. Artist, Michael Jackson's Last Will and Testament.7. Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Michael Jackson, Inc.(Atria, 2014): 225-226.8. ——— 'Michael Jackson's Career Earnings' In Michael Jackson, Inc.(Atria, 2014): 250-251.9. Comprehensive and clear analysis on the Sony-ATV 'buy-sell clause'by Nonlocal Universe.10. Michael Jackson, "Radio Interview." By Jesse Jackson. Keep Hope Alive(27 March 2005).——— "Anti-Racism Speech" (Harlem, 2002)——— "Killer Thriller Speech" (London, 2002)11. Joseph Vogel, "Chapter 9 - The Final Years" In Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011.12. Sir George Herbert, early modern poet (1593 – 1633) famously asked his friend, Nicholas Ferrarto burn his work, The Templeposthumously, however, Ferrar went on to sell the work.13. Professor Rivkah Zim, Lecturer of Early-Modern English and Comparative Literature at King’s College London. See Elizabeth on the course video here.14. 'Chapter 20 – The Power of the Editor and Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Releases' In The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016).15. Lawrence Lipking, The Life of the Poet: Beginning and Ending Poetic Careers.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.16. 'Goodbye Neverland' by Elizabeth Amisu (2014)17. Profile of poet, John Milton, author of Paradise Lost.18. Profile of poet, Homer, author of The Iliad.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA,

Abstract: In this fifth episode, a bonus MJAS Exclusive, Elizabeth and Karin discuss the recent sale of the Sony/ATV catalogue by the Michael Jackson Estate. They use a range of sources to explain exactly what the Estate is, how it functions, and go on to reach new conclusions on Jackson’s posthumous resonance from an academic perspective.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 5 – MJAS Exclusive: The Business of Michael Jackson’s Estate.” Podcast, Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 2 (2016). Published electronically 7/04/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-5-mjas-exclusive-the-business-of-michael-jacksons-estate/.

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Episode 5 – MJAS Exclusive: The Business of Michael Jackson’s Estate

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

‘Milton’s bones, for instance, were dug up at the end of the eighteenth century for souvenirs, just as fragments of his early poems had been exhumed and confiscated by minor poets. Neglected at first, eventually competed for, like Homer, by contending cities, the poet goes to meet his shades. But not unsung. With his dying breath, frequently, an industry springs up around him – memorialists, literary undertakers, chisellers, epitaph-makers. The custodians of his fame take charge of manuscripts and the will. He enters his tomb.’

– Lawrence Lipking, The Life of the Poet: Beginnings and Endings

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. Statement From Michael’s Estate (MJWN)

2. Michael’s Estate Sell Sony/ATV Catalogue – Press Release (MJWN)

3. Key Concerns Of Trust And Estate Lawyers – Forbes.com

4. ‘Interview with author, Lynton Guest’ In Episode 27 –Sony/ATV Purchase Roundtable by The MJCast (1:12:30-1:37:00)

5. ‘Even After $750M Sony/ATV Deal, Michael Jackson Misconceptions Abound‘ by Zack O’Malley Greenburg.

6. Artist, Michael Jackson’s Last Will and Testament.

7. Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Michael Jackson, Inc. (Atria, 2014): 225-226.

8. ——— ‘Michael Jackson’s Career Earnings’ In Michael Jackson, Inc. (Atria,

Abstract: In this episode Elizabeth and Karin talk about the function of black and white (monochrome/chiaroscuro) cinematography in the short films, Bad (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1987) and Stranger in Moscow (dir. Nicholas Brandt, 1996). Taking their academic essays on two of Jackson's most monochromatic short films as source material, they consider how Jackson used cinema language to communicate with his audience in a way that was both subtle and resonant.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 4 - Michael Jackson and Monochromatic Cinematography." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 2 (2016). Published electronically 1/03/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/the-dream-lives-on-4-black-and-white-in-bad-and-stranger-in-moscow/.

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Episode 4 - Michael Jackson and Monochromatic Cinematography

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'This is a big contrast to the celebrated Michael Jackson, and musician, and the one who was condemned because of false allegations at that time... vilified and humiliated... I think it's a very underestimated song and short film.'

- Karin Merx

Stranger in Moscow: https://youtu.be/pEEMi2j6lYE

Bad (Long Version): http://dai.ly/xvdho

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. Karin Merx, “From Throne to Wilderness: Michael Jackson’s ‘Stranger in Moscow’ and the Foucauldian Outlaw.” The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 4 (2015).

2. Elizabeth Amisu, "Bad(1987)." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 2 (2014).

3. Jeremy Gilbert, "The Real Abstraction of Michael Jackson." In The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, edited by Mark Fisher, 137-49: Zero Books, 2009.

4. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011.

5. Michael Jackson, Moonwalk. (London: Heinemann, 1988).

6. Richard Donner, "Superman." Dovemead/Film Export A.G./International Film Productions, 1978.

7. Spike Lee, "Bad 25." Optimum Productions, 2013.

8.  Elizabeth Amisu, Willa Stillwater, Lisha McDuff, and Karin Merx. "A Look at Neo-Noir in Michael Jackson’s Short Films." (2016). Published electronically 28 January.

9. Mark Romanek, "Scream." 1995.

10. Joe Pytka, "The Way You Make Me Feel." 1987. (Full Version)

11. Black and white films today.

12. German Expressionism.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.

Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Find out more about Elizabeth here.

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Abstract: In this third episode, Karin and Elizabeth talk about what Michael Jackson Studies is. Going through a wide range of references, they explain how the simple act of 'Michaeling' became an area of academic study in its own right. The podcast also discusses the pioneers who started this academic conversation, and the future of the study of Michael Jackson, as an artist.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 3 - What Is Michael Jackson Studies?", Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 1 (2016). Published electronically 7/02/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/the-dream-lives-on-3-what-s-michael-jackson-studies/.

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Episode 3 - What is Michael Jackson Studies?

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'Most households, I'm sure in the Western world, will have a copy of Thriller there somewhere. That tells us a lot more about us than it does about Michael himself, or even his work. It tells us about what we want to consume, pay for, and what we want to have as part of our culture.' - Elizabeth Amisu

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. 'Chapter 2 - A Critical Survey of Michael Jackson Studies' In The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016).

2. Dr. Joseph Vogel’s pioneering MJ Studies page that inspired us to create this journal.

3. Dr. Vogel coins the term, 'MJ Studies' to describe his work.

4. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011.

5. Find out about Early Modern English Literature in this video from King’s College London's English Department.

6. Michael Jackson, Moonwalk. (London: Heinemann, 1988).

7.  Michael Jackson, Dancing the Dream: Poems & Reflections (London: Doubleday, 1992).

8. Elizabeth Amisu, "On Michael Jackson’s ‘Dancing the Dream’." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 2 (2014): 3.

9. Karin Merx, "From Throne to Wilderness: Michael Jackson's 'Stranger in Moscow' and the Foucauldian Outlaw." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 4 (2015).

10. Who was Michel Foucault?

11. Michael Jackson and the number 7.

12. Malcolm Barnard, Fashion as Communication (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2002).

———, ed. Fashion Theory: An Introduction (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2014).

13. James Shapiro, 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (Faber, 2006)

14. Michael D. Bristol. "Shakespeare: The Myth." Chap. 29 In A Companion to Shakespeare, edited by David Scott Kastan, 489-502. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

15. Professor Sonia Massai, Reader in Shakespeare at King's College London.

16. The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1607) by Francis Beaumont at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London.

17. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - the British Library.

18. 'Globe to Globe' Season at Shakespeare's Globe 2012.

19. Renegade Theatre's The Winter's Tale in Yoruba, Shakespeare's Globe.

20. Cambridge University's virtual Shakespearean theatre experience online.

21. The Library of Congress Thriller album entry by Dr. Joseph Vogel.

22. Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Michael Jackson, Inc. (Atria, 2014).

23. Kobena Mercer, "Monster Metaphors: Notes on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller'." Screen 27, no. 1 (1986): 26-43.

24. Michele Wallace, "Michael Jackson, Black Modernisms and ‘the Ecstasy of Communication’." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 4 (2015): 2.

25. Joseph Vogel, ““I Ain’t Scared of No Sheets”: Re-Screening Black Mas...

Abstract: Where did the journal come from? Why is it here? And that all-important question, where is it going next? In the words of the King of Pop himself, 'every day create your history, every path you take you're leaving your legacy'. In this episode we talk about the past, the present and the future of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online. 

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 2 - 2015 Recap: Past, Present and Future Book 1." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 1 (2016). Published electronically 7/01/16. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/the-dream-lives-on-2-past-present-and-future/.

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Episode 2 - 2015 Recap: Past, Present and Future Book 1

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'It was in 2014 and we met on Twitter and decided that there needed to be one place where we could start to collect everything that had been written on Michael Jackson's art, specifically his body of work and I remember we started this website and we started collecting articles like crazy.' - Karin Merx.

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. The first publication on The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies was 'Throwing Stones To Hide Your Hands': The Mortal Persona Of Michael Jackson' by Elizabeth Amisu. It was published on June 17th 2014, and since then the article has been read thousands of times and translated into other languages (see Footnote 2). It has also become the cornerstone chapter of an academic book called The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016).

2. Amisu, Elizabeth. "'Arrojar Piedras Y Esconder Las Manos': La Personalidad Humana De Michael Jackson." [In Spanish]. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 3 (2015): 3.

———. "'Lanciare Sassi e Poi Nascondere le Mani': La Natura Umana Di Michael Jackson." [In Italian]. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 3 (2015): 4.

———. "'Throwing Stones to Hide Your Hands': The Mortal Persona of Michael Jackson." In A Companion to Michael Jackson Academic Studies I, edited by Elizabeth Amisu, 11: MJAS, 2015.

3. Watch out for Elizabeth in this video for her MA at King's College London - MA Early Modern English Literature: Text and Transmission.

4. Dr. Joseph Vogel's pioneering MJ Studies page that inspired us to create this journal.

5. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011.

6. Check out our wonderful contributors, who have donated articles and essays.

7. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies | ISSN: 2452-0497.

8. What is an ISSN anyway?

9. A Companion to Michael Jackson Academic Studies I  This first ever academic companion to Michael Jackson's art is an indispensable tool for academics. Worth £25, it is available COMPLETELY FREE to subscribers to The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies.

10. Translations of MJAS articles in Italian, Spanish, and German.

11. Susan Fast, 'Chapter 4 - Difference That Exceeded Understanding: Remembering Michael Jackson(Redux)' In Death and the Rock Star (Ashgate, 2016), 45-60.

12. Joseph Vogel, ““I Ain’t Scared of No Sheets”: Re-Screening Black Masculinity in Michael Jackson’s Black or White.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 27, no. 1 (2015): 90-123.

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights.

Abstract: In this first ever episode of Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation, Karin and Elizabeth discuss Michael Jackson's 1991 Black or White short film, directed by John Landis, who was also the director of the Thriller short film. The discussion of Jackson's 'Panther Dance', also known as the 'Coda', leads into a conversation on whether or not the Black or White short film is art and whether Michael Jackson himself can really be considered an artist.

REFERENCE AS:

Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 1 – Was Michael Jackson an Artist?", Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 1, no. 4 (2016). Published electronically 29/06/15. http://michaeljacksonstudies.org/the-dream-lives-on-an-academic-conversation/.

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Episode 1 - Was Michael Jackson an Artist?

By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu

'Michael would put very complex compositions, very complex, challenging cinematography in his short films, and he put them in a mass context... he put them in a public context. And there's nothing more democratic than television.'

- Elizabeth Amisu

Black or White (Banned Version): https://youtu.be/7u-AqaLwuA8

All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them

1. 'The Panther Dance' in Black or White, dir. John Landis (1991).

2. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011.

3. Joseph Vogel, "“I Ain't Scared of No Sheets”: Re-Screening Black Masculinity in Michael Jackson's Black or White." Journal of Popular Music Studies 27, no. 1 (2015): 90-123.

4. Singin' in the Rain, dir. Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen (1952).

5. Do the Right Thing, dir. Spike Lee (1989).

6. Who were the Black Panthers?

7. Susan Fast, Dangerous. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Chapter 3 - 'Utopia', p. 71-96.

8. Karin's academic review of Susan Fast's book, Dangerous can be found here.

9. Philosopher, Alain de Botton asks, What is Art for?

Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here.

Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Find out more about Elizabeth here.

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