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April 24, 2026 - Week in Review: "Michael," toxic fandoms, and a new Drag Race champion
On this edition of The Culture Show, Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley, and Joyce Kulhawik, go over the week’s top arts and culture headlines, which include
“Michael,” the new Michael Jackson biopic is reigniting an old argument. The film leans into Jackson’s rise as a child star and global pop phenomenon while sidestepping the child sexual abuse allegations that permanently altered his public standing, raising questions about mythmaking, memory, and omission.
Hollywood is revving Miami Vice back to life with Miami Vice ’85, a new feature film starring Michael B. Jordan as Tubbs and Austin Butler…
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