Spike Lee sings Michael Jackson's praises at Venice film festival

'I wanted to be Michael Jackson,' confesses director Spike Lee at the premiere of Bad 25, his documentary revisiting the late pop star's seminal album a quarter of a century after releaseIn the days before establishing himself as the swaggering firebrand of African-American cinema, targeting racial tensions in films such as Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee nursed an unlikely ambition. He longed to sing ABC on primetime TV, just like his childhood idol."You could say I grew up with Mic...

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