I love me some Motown music. I have been and forever will be a Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 fan and this show helped me keep that mindset. This is the story of Berry Gordy and how he started Motown records and how he tried to keep it going despite losing relationships with friends and lovers. Gordy is a producer for the show and I thought going in that it would make him look like a hero and be more of the standard jukebox show that just features the numbers from the Motown catalogue. To my pleasant surprise it and he wasn’t. Yes it did have all the favorite Motown hits but it, but it wasn’t wrapped in fluff. It was really touching at times and it made me feel good watching it and being a part of the Motown story.
Grade: A-