Another question for people who remember MJ's heyday: When/why did he get weird? A lot of clips from old interviews with him have resurfaced on Reels/YouTube bc of this movie.

He seems perfectly normal through most of the mid- to late-80s and then by the early 90s is freakish, talking in that weird little boy voice and saying it's not strange that he's a 35 year old man hanging out with kids all day. Did something happen or did he just start regressing and getting weird?

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the guy playing him is insanely cute? I love his smile.

The guy playing him is his nephew. Just saw the movie. He brings Michael to life. It’s incredible.

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Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of graceland. If you go, it shows Elvis as young Elvis at his prime. It does not touch on the drug use, obesity, treatment of his partners, etc.

His home? Why would they?

This. His granddaughter and ex-wife are President and Chair of the Board. Why would they play up what a fat, drug-addled slob he was in his final days? Is that something you'd advertise about your grandpa at his house you charge people money to visit?

Nasty. F no.

Am I the only one who thinks the guy playing him is insanely cute? I love his smile.

Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of graceland. If you go, it shows Elvis as young Elvis at his prime. It does not touch on the drug use, obesity, treatment of his partners, etc.

His home? Why would they?

Anonymous wrote:Just saw a clip from the movie where Michael is trying to get his music videos played on MTV and the head of CBS records says they don't play Black artists.

I was not around for the dawn of MTV. Is this true? They didn't play Black artists for the first two years of their existence? Google says Billie Jean was the first music video by a Black artist to get aired.

Very True. I watched MTV from it's start and they did not play black artists so to see Michael Jackson on the channel was HUGE!!!!

Anonymous wrote:Just saw a clip from the movie where Michael is trying to get his music videos played on MTV and the head of CBS records says they don't play Black artists.

I was not around for the dawn of MTV. Is this true? They didn't play Black artists for the first two years of their existence? Google says Billie Jean was the first music video by a Black artist to get aired.

Yes. David Bowie called them out on that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGiVzIr8Qg

Just saw a clip from the movie where Michael is trying to get his music videos played on MTV and the head of CBS records says they don't play Black artists.

I was not around for the dawn of MTV. Is this true? They didn't play Black artists for the first two years of their existence? Google says Billie Jean was the first music video by a Black artist to get aired.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume everyone freaking out about this movie hasn't seen a Woody Allen or Roman Polanski movie since their accusations began? I mean, it would only make sense, right?

And those of you insisting it's not a good movie...who died and made you the arbiter of taste? It's a movie, not a doctoral thesis. It's okay to watch things that aren't serious for a couple hours.

Yes, that is correct.

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This reminds me of graceland. If you go, it shows Elvis as young Elvis at his prime. It does not touch on the drug use, obesity, treatment of his partners, etc.