HIStory
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I see your point, but I think you can only make the comparison to film and photography when this is a projection (or whatever the technology is that they've developed) of something that was originally captured. The main issue I personally don't feel comfortable with is creative: the fact that 'MJ' is being made to perform a song he never performed. It's not the same as playing old footage in a new way imo, it's creating something new. It would be different for me if they'd, for instance, made a hologram of the Motown 25 performance and present that in its original form. The latest reports do seem to suggest that they used some original footage, but I wonder to what extent they could have. How does one go from some footage of MJ recording Slave to the Rhythm in a studio to a virtual project giving, apparently, a full-out performance of the song? We'll just have to wait and see what happens, I guess!
Yes, I admit the analogy is not the best, but I think if we can see it for what it is (not Michael's "resurrection" or not Michael himself) it's OK. It's just like with a magic trick about that you know it is a trick and an illusion, but it still can be entertaining.