Years before puberty, the youngest of 10 Jackson kids was performing on TV in sequins and a feather boa. Like the Spears docs, it traces the subject’s career back to childhood. Even as it pushes back on the demonization of Jackson, Malfunction never steps outside this surprisingly conservative frame. It benefits the cause of censorship to insist on the inherent significance of a split-second’s worth of exposed nipple. The organization that got its start stoking outrage over awards-show profanity and Ellen’s coming-out plot leveled up in the public consciousness with a successful campaign to flood the FCC with complaints over the Super Bowl incident. “If the culture wars could have a 9/11, it’s February 1st, 2004.” If this is a compelling claim, it’s also a bit of self-mythologizing on the part of the talking head who utters it, Parents Television and Media Council President Tim Winter. Gomes opens with a bold thesis statement. While the furor merits an audit, and Malfunction delivers some trenchant insights, its disjointedness, limited access and myopia in exploring the political implications of the incident nicknamed “Nipplegate” keep it from reaching the same heights as its predecessors. 19 on FX and Hulu, the feature from director Jodi Gomes ( The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty) and showrunner Mary Robertson (who also worked on the Spears docs) revisits the so-called “wardrobe malfunction” that drove months of controversy and left Jackson branded a shameless exhibitionist.
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After following up Framing with Controlling Britney Spears-and now that Spears’ conservatorship nightmare has finally ended-the Times documentary series will return with Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson.
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