For everyone who's thirsted for just a ­little bit more of Jackson since that black day just over four months ago, the wait is over, says Andrew Pulver

• Andrew Pulver
• The Guardian, Friday 30 October 2009

 

 

For everyone who's thirsted for just a ­little bit more of Jackson since that black day just over four months ago, the wait is over. For the rest of us, it's time to look on in awe as Jackson's ­memory – and the ­fervour of his fans – is ­ruthlessly ­exploited till the pips squeak. But the film itself isn't too bad at all: pretty much all unadorned rehearsal footage, artfully stitched together to create ­complete song sequences. Director Kenny Ortega keeps the treacle to a ­minimum, instead offering interesting tidbits of Jackson's stagecraft, presumably to demonstrate how hands-on ­Jackson was. Still, This Is It is a ­testament of a kind, and it could have been a lot worse.

awe - groza, trwoga

fervour - żarliwość, ferwor

pip - sygnał w telefonie

pip squeak - gnojek

ruthlessly - bezlitośnie

squeak - piszczeć

stitch together - zszywać

tidbit - smakołyk

treacle - melasa; cukierkowość, słodycz

unadorned - nieozdobiony

• « poprz.
• nast. »