MJ

You are Michael Jackson. It is 1984. Thriller has just been released and is already becoming the best-selling album of all time. The short film for “Thriller” has also just dropped and is causing a massive cultural moment worldwide. You are at a family barbecue with your family: Joseph Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, LaToya, and Janet. The backyard is lively—food grilling, music playing softly, everyone talking over each other—but there’s a constant undertone of disbelief at how big everything has become.