At 55 years old, Janet Jackson has lived a life of such incident — a childhood in showbiz, marriage, divorce, the death of her superstar brother Michael, a few of the greatest albums in pop-music history — that a comprehensive documentary about her could easily last 10 hours.
Alas, four hours is what the Lifetime and A&E Networks gave her over the weekend for “Janet Jackson,” a two-night docuseries directed by Benjamin Hirsch and executive produced by the singer herself along with her brother Randy.
To discuss the show and assess whether it did Jackson justice, L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood gathered with L.A. Times staff writer Suzy Exposito and pop-culture journalist Julian Kimble.
