{"id":399331,"date":"2026-04-27T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:02:08","slug":"jaafar-jackson-brings-back-legendary-michael-jackson-popcorn-meme-amid-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399331\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaafar Jackson brings back legendary Michael Jackson popcorn meme amid success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/661722_061341_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Jaafar Jackson brings back legendary Michael Jackson popcorn meme amid success\"\/>Jaafar Jackson brings back legendary Michael Jackson popcorn meme amid success<\/p>\n<p>Jaafar Jackson is getting attention after bringing back one of Michael Jackson\u2019s most famous moments, as excitement around the biopic Michael continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who plays his late uncle in the film, appeared in a short clip shared on X. <\/p>\n<p>In the video, he is seen wearing the well known red and black Thriller jacket while eating popcorn and smiling.<\/p>\n<p>The moment is similar to the popular meme of Michael Jackson sitting in a cinema watching a movie, taken from his 1983 Thriller short film.<\/p>\n<p>This came as the movie received a very massive response from audiences.<\/p>\n<p>However, it currently hold 97 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and has been given a \u201cVerified Hot\u201d rating.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, critics have been less positive, with the film sitting at 38 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua and shows Michael Jackson\u2019s journey from his early life up to 1988. <\/p>\n<p>It has also been doing well at the box office, with early reports suggesting it could beat the record set by Straight Outta Compton for a music biopic opening.<\/p>\n<p>There is also talk that a sequel could be made if the film continues to perform well around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaafar Jackson brings back legendary Michael Jackson popcorn meme amid success Jaafar Jackson is getting attention after bringing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-399331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}