The Action-Film Director Who’s Taking On Michael Jackson
By Kelefa Sanneh••The New Yorker
Antoine Fuqua has built a career on movies with irresistible heroes. Now he’s telling the story of the King of Pop. Kelefa Sanneh on how the director of “Training Day” approached a risky new bio-pic.
In discussions of people like Michael Jackson, some defenders insist on distinguishing between the artist and the art, but a bio-pic is necessarily about both. Jacksons sublime pop-soul confectionsBi…