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bluemoon7 said:
Oh Lord, I already fell for a couple of April 1st pranks lmao.
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Thing is, I usually don't. Not bc of any superior detection skills on my part but just bc I'm usually at work and there's no time for such nonsense plus you have the 12 noon cut-off. Which would be great if I wasn't online and lost in a world of multiple time zones, lol. I forgot that minor detail. Sheesh!

bluemoon7 said:
I am too tired today :ROFLMAO:
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Agonum said:
Yeah, I mean… where’s Bruce Swedien?
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Even if Bruce is in the biopic I don't think they'd announce it. Quincy is known to the wider audience. My guess would be that Bruce's name wouldn't be that well known for them to want to announce it like they have with the others. If they include a scene in the studio you'd think Bruce would be there but who knows if they even want such a scene?

I suppose they could include him in a group announcement like they did with Bill Bray. We saw a few pictures of the actor playing Bill before we got the actor's name. 🤔

I haven't recovered from the Andy Warhol thing, lol. I was so up for that! :ROFLMAO:
 
zinniabooklover said:
Even if Bruce is in the biopic I don't think they'd announce it. Quincy is known to the wider audience. My guess would be that Bruce's name wouldn't be that well known for them to want to announce it like they have with the others. If they include a scene in the studio you'd think Bruce would be there but who knows if they even want such a scene?

I suppose they could include him in a group announcement like they did with Bill Bray. We saw a few pictures of the actor playing Bill before we got the actor's name. 🤔

I haven't recovered from the Andy Warhol thing, lol. I was so up for that! :ROFLMAO:
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Would be a real shame if they didn’t include B. He stuck with M far longer than Q. And B was very important to M. As was M to B.
 
Agonum said:
Have you been able to confirm Warhol?
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Well, I did find the IMdb page today. Which was weird bc I could NOT find it for love nor money yesterday. Anyway, today it was there (I've posted it on the biopic thread) with the actor listed. But that's all I could find. A short piece on reddit based on the IMdb page, but that's it. Well, as of early this morning. I haven't checked since then.

So who knows?

Agonum said:
Would be a real shame if they didn’t include B. He stuck with M far longer than Q. And B was very important to M. As was M to B.
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I think they'd have a hard time not showing Bill, he was there so much and for so many years, as you say. I understand why they didn't make a big announcement about his casting but you can't leave him out. I know they can't show everything, they can't include everyone but they could make something out of the people who were around him for a long time - Bill, Karen, Bruce, Brad Buxer, perhaps Matt Forger - versus people who didn't stick around or who were not loyal to him.

Just speculating! :D
 
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zinniabooklover said:
Well, I did find the IMdb page today. Which was weird bc I could NOT find it for love nor money yesterday. Anyway, today it was there (I've posted it on the biopic thread) with the actor listed. But that's all I could find. A short piece on reddit based on the IMdb page, but that's it. Well, as of early this morning. I haven't checked since then.

So who knows?


I think they'd have a hard time not showing Bill, he was there so much and for so many years, as you say. I understand why they didn't make a big announcement about his casting but you can't leave him out. I know they can't show everything, they can't include everyone but they could make something out of the people who were around him for a long time - Bill, Karen, Bruce, Brad Buxer, perhaps Matt Forger - versus people who didn't stick around or who were not loyal to him.

Just speculating! :D
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I’m curious about Stevie Wonder, too.
 
Agonum said:
I’m curious about Stevie Wonder, too.
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But this is the problem, isn't it? Not only did Michael know / meet hundreds of people but many of them were so significant in his life. I made the point the other day that I couldn't imagine who they could cast to play James Brown. Someone popped up and said, in that case, Fred Astaire needs to be included. I politely disagreed. Fred influenced Michael but imo James was way more significant. And so is Stevie, of course. But you can't include everyone and you can't gallop through the story giving everyone a mere cameo appearance. I'm no scriptwriter, obviously, and I'm sure they know how to get around these problems and tell a coherent story but it's fascinating to me how that can be achieved.
 
zinniabooklover said:
But this is the problem, isn't it? Not only did Michael know / meet hundreds of people but many of them were so significant in his life. I made the point the other day that I couldn't imagine who they could cast to play James Brown. Someone popped up and said, in that case, Fred Astaire needs to be included. I politely disagreed. Fred influenced Michael but imo James was way more significant. And so is Stevie, of course. But you can't include everyone and you can't gallop through the story giving everyone a mere cameo appearance. I'm no scriptwriter, obviously, and I'm sure they know how to get around these problems and tell a coherent story but it's fascinating to me how that can be achieved.
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Agree with your James–Fred stance.

Although I must say, to me, it was kind of provocative how the role of Branca was announced with trumpets and fanfares, to the backdrop of how we might not even get Bruce Swedien, James, Stevie, Lisa-Marie et al. But as you say, it ought to be hard. And impossible to please everyone, of course. Yet I think that the footprints’ magnitude should be taken into account, hence why Warhol strike me as odd.
 
Agonum said:
Agree with your James–Fred stance.
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Agonum said:
Although I must say, to me, it was kind of provocative how the role of Branca was announced with trumpets and fanfares,
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It really didn't bother me. I'm still not madly invested in this project although my interest did go up massively once they announced the casting of Suzanne de Passe. And I am intrigued by this Andy Warhol thing. But early on I had almost zero interest beyond just wanting it to be a classy product and for other people to have a lovely time watching it. Now, I still don't plan to watch the thing but I'm more interested in how they are going to achieve something creative, coherent and classy. I'm kind of interested in how they will solve the puzzle.

Branca is just Branca. He's not gonna change. I don't really care. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Agonum said:
to the backdrop of how we might not even get Bruce Swedien, James, Stevie, Lisa-Marie et al.
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Michael lived more life than 10 people put together, lol. And there is still the fact that, bc it's a film, some scenes will be fiction or at least heavily modified to fit the dramatic narrative.

Agonum said:
But as you say, it ought to be hard. And impossible to please everyone, of course. Yet I think that the footprints’ magnitude should be taken into account, hence why Warhol strike me as odd.
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But Andy Warhol is a globally known figure. Lots of people in the general audience will know his name but might not know of any connection between him and Michael. Andy met Michael multiple times and did the Time 1984 cover so I do think including him makes sense. And even if the Andy Warhol scene ends up on the cutting room floor (I'm old school, lol) there will still be loads of other stuff that doesn't even get filmed in the first place.

I'm making it sound as though I'm obsessing about this thing. I'm really not. I'm not thinking about it that much, tbh. Precisely bc it's impossible to guess what choices they are going to make.
 
I’m looking forward to the twelfth day of May, also known as National Limerick Day. I’m sure this thread will be buzzing then.
 
Agonum said:
It was Astrid Lindgren themed. Bluemoon also joined in for a bit.
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Vaguely remember that. I did tune it out, tbh. Sorry! Astrid Lindgren very much not my person.

Agonum said:
I’m looking forward to the twelfth day of May, also known as National Limerick Day. I’m sure this thread will be buzzing then.
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oh god, no! Now I'm trying to restrain myself. I love a good limerick. I need to post something. May is far too far away.

Maybe I'll post a photo of Limerick, Ireland and see if that calms the fever down, lol.

Nope. I'm not even going to post a photo. I'm going to limit myself to a map.

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