The New Wham! Film Speaks Loudly in Careful Whispers

The Couch Tamale
15 min readJul 18, 2023
A scene from the new Netflix documentary “Wham!” (Netflix)

George Michael would have turned 60 this year. What if reality could be remixed, and he lived?

In an alternate universe, George Michael wakes up from his 2011 battle with pneumonia and seizes this second chance at life. He hires a wellness coach who helps liberate him from addictions and swears off smoking. His lungs and heart heal.

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The Couch Tamale

Film, Music, Peak TV, Diversity— Tom Cendejas is sitting on a sofa and unwrapping Pop Culture with a Latino eye, one husk at a time. tomcend@gmail.com