MICHAEL: What Price Genius?
Bill Whittle Network
Bill Whittle Network
4.8 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is sweeping the nation. It had a $200 million |
| 0:04.4 | opening weekend. My wife and I went to see it, and it brought up some interesting questions, |
| 0:09.7 | none of which were really in the movie. Hi, everybody. I'm Bill Whittle here with Steve Green and Scott Ott. |
| 0:14.0 | And guys, this is certainly not about the movie, which is entertaining, if you like the music. |
| 0:19.8 | Essentially, it's all fleshy organs and no skeleton, but certainly got your feet tapping. |
| 0:26.6 | That's the review of the movie. |
| 0:28.6 | Now, mostly I did that so we could get the thumbnail on there. |
| 0:32.6 | The bigger question that I would like to ask about this is about the nature of genius. |
| 0:39.8 | And you may not be a fan of Michael Jackson's music, and you certainly may not be a fan of his |
| 0:45.0 | lifestyle, but the man was a musical genius. And watching him make this music was really entertaining, |
| 0:54.1 | especially since they played a lot of it. |
| 0:56.2 | But here's two questions that I really would like to get to guys. |
| 0:59.7 | And the first one's actually, I think, pretty simple. |
| 1:01.6 | So I'll ask you both. |
| 1:02.5 | Then I'll ask you the tougher one. |
| 1:04.0 | The first question is, what are your opinions on the difference between the art and the artist? |
| 1:13.1 | The allegations against Michael Jackson seemed to have been pretty substantial and pretty |
| 1:17.8 | well substantiated and a great deal of that was pretty horrific. |
| 1:23.6 | Does that color the way you listen to his music? |
| 1:25.7 | It colors the way I did and still do. |
| 1:29.5 | And at the same time, when Michael Jackson died, he's one of the very few people. |
| 1:33.2 | I could probably count five or six total, who I remember where I was when he died. |
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