![]() ![]() Soon, something else becomes obvious: Jack has begun exploring his sexual orientation under disturbing circumstances. He hates it, but Obie’s attitude is “too bad, so sad” since they all go by nicknames. Most obvious is that he’s white (duh), while the others are Black, hence the name his new friends bestow: Jack, as in Cracker Jack. The status quo gets upended when a kid named Wesley (Joshua Hernandez) shows up. ![]() Twins Yellow (he stutters) and Red (he’s violent and a thief) are regularly beaten by their father (Dylan Rogers plays both, as well as a slimy city commissioner). She’s got a detailed dreamy future mapped out, one that includes marriage to her idol and then, maybe eventually, Obie. Frenchy (Sydney Presendieu) is the control freak who heads the Opa-locka chapter of the club. Obadiah or Obie (Xavier Edward King) isn’t the fan club president, but he is the leader of his pack of friends, a handsome kid whose family has a little more dough - “ghetto fabulous, that’s us,” he says. ![]() Sounds exciting and easy enough, but the kids are soon busy squabbling over, well, everything. Squire’s characters are members of a Michael Jackson fan club, and they’re soon tasked with creating a mural to pay permanent tribute to “MJ” in their Miami-area city, a place dotted with famous Moorish-style buildings. In this case, the beloved icon is the late King of Pop. Squire, who is also a successful television writer (“Evil,” “The Good Fight” and “This Is Us”), blended fiction with lingering memories, then juxtaposed his coming-of-age story against another element: the way we escape by idolizing music superstars. ![]()
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