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At the end of January 2022, the intriguing project about Janet Jackson’s life was published, bringing her story from her early days in the industry to that moment, in the 2004 Super Bowl. The same incident with Justin Timberlake more or less buried her career.
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“It’s just something that had to happen,” Janet Jackson said in a trailer for her new documentary about her life, bringing to the forefront the TV project dubbed “Janet,” which is divided into two parts (each about two hours long).
From the trailer for the film, one can learn that the project’s editors did not skip any stage in the singer’s life, from her relationship with her late father Joe and brother Michael to the moment Justin Timberlake approached her team “Please do the Super Bowl,” which, she recalled, became a scandal and led – not Rightly so – to interrupt the star’s career.
“They build you, and then as soon as you get there, they rush to destroy you,” Jackson is heard in her voice as part of the trailer, just before a negative and poignant headline is written about her after that controversial 2004 Timberlake appearance, during which she remained “half-naked.” “
Later she can be seen recalling moments from her childhood and days as a teenage star: “There was a time when I just did not understand where I fit in,” says Jackson, adding in the docu includes archival and exclusive clips, home videos, and celeb interviews like Missy Elliott, Whoopi Goldberg, Mariah Carey or Chiara, referring to Jackson’s tremendous career.
“Guilt. In Partnership in Crime,”: Janet Jackson talks about Michael.
Jackson has not created too many interactions with the media in recent years. In the film about her life, she did not cover all the important issues, even those that suffered from neglect. From the relationship with Michael, as mentioned, spouses, her father’s attitude towards me, and of course: the Super Bowl incident that interrupted her career in one moment.
When the singer was asked in front of the camera if she thought her career had been harmed because of the accusations made against her brother, she replied: “Guilt, in complicity in the crime, that’s what it’s called, I think.”
But even before that, one can see many artists and actors talking about Jackson from Samuel to Jackson, through Whoopi Goldberg to Mariah Carey. The latter speaks to the camera and testifies to Jackson that she is an “empowered woman,” just before those close to her admit that she is a woman who is jealous of her privacy, and it is very surprising that she chose to take part in this work.
