Leaving Neverland director condemns upcoming Michael Jackson biopic

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For the piece in The Observerpublished Sunday, the filmmaker revisited his 2019 documentary — centered on two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who accused Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were 7 and 10 — and said the upcoming biopic sends out an "unacceptable" message: "If a pedophile is rich and popular enough, society will forgive him," Reed writes.

Reed called out what he perceived as the "deafening silence" of press reaction to the film. "No one is talking about 'cancelling' this movie, which will glorify a man who raped children," he writes. "What the total absence of outrage accompanying the announcement of this movie tells us is that Jackson's seduction is still a living force, operating from beyond the grave." 
 

"It seems that the press, his fans and the vast older demographic who grew up loving Jackson are willing to set aside his unhealthy relationship with children and just go along with the music," Reed continues. "To them I say this: even if you do not believe a word of what his many accusers have said; even if you are not concerned by the police investigations and the massive payouts to halt legal proceedings, how do you explain the completely uncontested fact that for years Jackson spent innumerable nights alone in bed with young boys?"

He adds, "To the filmmakers, I say: How will you represent the moment when Jackson, a grown man in his 30s, takes a child by the hand and leads him into that bedroom? How will you depict what happens next? By sidestepping the question of Jackson's predilection for sleeping with young boys, you are broadcasting a message to millions of survivors of child sexual abuse. That message is: If a pedophile is rich and popular enough, society will forgive him."

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[Meta Mart 352]

Jackson Maine showing us that unbiased observation.

Jackson was acquitted of those charges. This guy's old film about him was so insipid, like as if the guy was holding the camera to upskirt Jackson, no joke really.

Like you can't go around doing double jeopardy films about someone after they're dead and can't speak on it. If he was found innocent, then they are defaming him. And he bases it around the film he got massive shock appeal for....

I dunno.... sleeping in bed with children.......

Whatever you think it was, if he is innocent of that tried by a jury in a massive court case and everything, then this guy's post-humous reinstate is some defamatory bull.

I guess if these kids do feel that that's what happened to them, then considering Jackson is still a present figure, they need to be given their space from him and everything. Post-humous pop cultural representation is still a factor in our society and culture. But it still stands that it's hypocritical.

It's also quite well known that these kinds of testimonies of buried memories that are conjured for exploratory purposes tend toward the bullshit. It's this despicable preying practice these moral guns use, to try and stick it on a child or make a fairlight of someone they can. It is sickening actually, that people don't see predators often, because the predator isn't after everyone, they tend to just pick a target and go into them, often in a pack. Like what are they, parasite cannibals? I'm not saying no one represses anything, or forgets them. It's just every time anyone has led you, ask yourself, to consider the far reaches of your memories, to a platformed narrative, there's so many mabzerloian bull factors involved, and vamping and extracting. What a terrible doco it was in it's presentation, it doesn't sound ethical at all.

Honestly, doesn't that just make you sick. I had to listen to it across the way of the house. His new doco is Jackson touched me here and pedo pedo pedo non stop. He is obsessed with creating a sexual phantasm of pedophilic circumstances to divulge and incend in his entertainment.

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Do we think this biopic will really happen? I feel like the Amy one might go over really badly and some other ones might not actually become a reality 

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Trash director who made trash has a trash opinion. Big deal tbh.

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I totally agree with him

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I'll just say I agree with him and leave it at that. 

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Didn't his documentary get debunked?  There's like tons of articles and stuff about it. This guy is obsessed with MJ.

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1 hour ago, Meta Mart said:

Jackson Maine showing us that unbiased observation

Ain’t that Bradley‘s character in ASIB? I’m 

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3 hours ago, PunkTheFunk said:

I'll just say I agree with him and leave it at that. 

It'll either take place on the moon.... or in france

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Not the directors who’s “documentary” was debunked at least 50 different times. A joke.

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3 hours ago, Anderson123 said:

Didn't his documentary get debunked?  There's like tons of articles and stuff about it. This guy is obsessed with MJ.

The entire thing is total fabrication lmao. Impossible timelines, fake stories, hell, even that big dramatic moment where they burn the glove is fake 'cause Wade sold the real one.

The only reason they even made up those stories is 'cause Wade was broke and turned down for a choreographer position with an MJ tribute show.

He had no trouble defending MJ in court as a teenager, no trouble dating MJ's niece and continuing to be close with MJ until his death, he had no trouble dancing with Janet at the 2009 VMAs during their MJ tribute, no trouble working with the MJ estate for years, but as soon as he missed that job? As soon as the well of MJ memorabilia to sell ran dry? Ohhhh suddenly all these horrific stories come back and he's in court seeking millions of dollars. Of course, he's laughed out of every court so he goes to this disgraceful pile of mud and calls up another dude who also defended MJ until he stood to make a profit. They proceeded to make one of the most disturbing, offensive, and dishones things I've ever sat through.

Believing MJ acted inappropriately is one thing. Even though I personally know he never did anything to harm a soul, I understand people who feel he did. He was a weird dude and it takes years of study to understand him.

But buying into that mockumentary gore-p*rn is another thing entirely. You have to be the most easily swayed and gullible moron to buy any of it.

Anyone who believes Wade Robson, James Safechuck, the Arvizos, or Evan Chandler is making a mockery of actual victims. Plain and simple. We don't come forward because pricks like them either get rich off of lies or they get exposed as liars, making our experiences seem less legitimate.

Every time this subject comes up on this site, I'm 25% mad as an MJ stan who knows he was innocent and 75% so f*cking disappointed that Lady Gaga fans of all people can't see people who are using SA survivors' experiences to get rich.

/My obligatory rant on an MJ thread. Don't quote me.

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Well said Dan Reed.

As a victim of CSA myself, it's pretty jarring reading MJ fan comments on here. Yall are part of the problem on why victims fail to disclose their abuse. They will just be seen as 'wanting money' and harassed for speaking out.

False allegations are extremely rare, this is a fact. Yet the man who spent decades sleeping with young boy's has been 'falsely' accused 5+ times?? Give me a break.

I stand with his victims.