George Michael: Freedom – singer stays out of sight in TV biography

Michael was co-director of Channel 4 programme about his life – yet he remains off-screen and speaks only in archive interviews in this mysterious documentary

The tension underlying Channel 4’s documentary George Michael: Freedom is exposed by tenses. “George is very, very brave,” says Sir Elton John. “George is really sexy,” Tracey Emin giggles.

The present tense acknowledges that George Michael was alive at the time of filming his autobiographical portrait – even to the extent of being co-director with his former manager David Austin.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2yNagW7