This is somewhat connected to this, as I believe this was talked about at the very end of the interview, but here's the trailer to "The Architect".
Judging from the trailer alone, this looks like it's going to be just about the most hilarious thing in the world, and for all the wrong reasons. The Jacksons continue to entertain me with their seemingly-unaware void of self-absorption, and this is no exception.
Jesta maybe I need my head examined, but you know looking at that trailer makes me interested in the documentary, mainly for a sort of socio-cultural interest, and not for learning anything about Michael. I am seeing this doc as a reflection of an aged African-American man, who held on to dated views on discipline & a man's role in the family, who used these
dated views of discipline & male authority to make his children marketable in the 60s/70s. Therefore, I am seeing a lot of pre-1930s southern African-American, social & cultural influences at work in what Joe is saying, and I am aware that many people will not agree with me.
I am thinking there are a lot of men like Joe, minus the excessive abuse here, because I think who Joe is, is not = abuse. There is more to Joe than that, & there are
more socialization aspects that influenced Joe that made him the type of person he is. Obviously, he did some things right, even though we can see that in certain aspects he was less than average.
So strangely, although before I had no intention of getting this doc, now that you showed me the trailer with this aged man, talking slowly about his discipline, I started thinking about this in a whole different way. It reminds me of tapes we looked at at school of the African-American people in jail in the 1930/40s, with the same slow speech as they talked about their situation. They are giving an account from
their perspective, & that is the way I am going to look at Joe's recount.
I think what I was doing before was dismissing Joe because parts of his character & actions are disgusting to me. Now I am thinking, if I dismiss him, I will not learn how this illiterate man contributed something positive to American culture, because he did--as bad as he is, he did.