MJ Studies Today XCIX
MJ Studies Today, March 2024, discusses Michael Jackson’s Bad album and his live performance at the 1988 Grammy Awards ceremony. Read More …
Tag: The Way You Make Me Feel
MJ Studies Today LXXXVII
MJ Studies Today for March 2023 looks at Michael Jackson’s relationship with the Grammy Awards and examines the relevance of the Grammys today. Read More …
Episode 27 – Part 2: 8 Years – 8 Short Films
Abstract: In Part 2: 8 Years – 8 Short Films, Karin and Elizabeth discuss The Way You Make Me Feel and Speed Demon. Also Happy Birthday to our Journal (3 years) and to Elizabeth (30 years). REFERENCE AS: Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 27 – Read More …
CHAPTER 3 – “EXACTLY WHICH MICHAEL JACKSON ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY?” AGENCY AND IDENTITY IN BAD
Songs: “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Speed Demon,” “Liberian Girl” The next three songs introduce the more specific normative constructs of gender, identity, and agency and go beyond troubling or disrupting them the way “Bad” did. They envision alternatives to hegemonic constructs and playfully Read More …