Becoming review: Michelle Obama manages to be more spontaneous than scripted in Netflix documentary
Michelle Obama admits her speeches became more ‘scripted’ during the 2008 Presidential Election. It captures the promotional book tour Michelle embarked on two years ago in order to “discover how she’s changed in the past eight years,” as she puts it. “When they couldn’t prove Barack is a Muslim, they tried to show his wife is a crazy black lady,” she says, her disappointed voice accompanied by visuals of several accusatory placards, comparing Barack to Osama bin Laden and painting Michelle as a dictatorial threat to the US democracy. “It’s like when Jay-Z comes for a surprise performance in Beyonce’s gig,” Barack says as Michelle continues to blush. Maintaining normalcy around a frenzied popularity While Barack is never seen talking about his wife directly to the camera, director Nadia Hallgren incorporates inputs from Michelle’s brother, daughters, and staff into the narrative.
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