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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]