Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in a scene from “Michael.” Photo: Glen Wilson/Lionsgate/Associated Press In a 1955 essay, the Russian-British philosopher Isaiah Berlin suggested that there are at least two ways of thinking about art and the people who make it. There’s the “French” way, and the “Russian” way. These are only labels for the sake of brevity and convenience. Plenty of Russian writers, Berlin explained, held the “French” view and many French writers held the “Russian” one.