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It has taken years for the world to see Michael Jackson as he really was. The documentary Leaving Neverland lays bear the pain of the survivors who were child victims of Michael Jackson.

But there are other, less obvious victims: the Michael Jackson impersonators. These are men, as far as one is able to tell, who have spent lifetimes trying to morph into MJ. They have honed the moonwalk, learned to squeal "eee hee" at the end of the verse, and have had painful and completely unnecessary cosmetic procedures. I expect that none of them lived their life entirely in character. Without the financial clout of the Jackson corporate empire, it would be impossible. They learned the lessons the hard way. Turning up once to a landlord interview with a fully grown chimp wearing nappies. Taking your pet llama with you to your meeting at the job centre. Yet for all the setbacks, they were still willing to make the sacrifice. Not for simply money or fame, because there was little of that, but because they loved the man, and also quite liked wearing heavy foundation and silky gloves. And now all their love and effort has gone to waste, thanks to their very hero. All they have left is disgrace. They'd be angry. They'd want to begin life again. Spare a thought for them as they moonwalk the lonely road out of town in their embroidered bolero jackets and bondage trousers.

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I guess they could now be Dianna Ross impersonators.

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One of the absolute joys of my childhood was Rolf Harris. He gave my young self so much laughter; so many moments of wonder and magic.

I look at him now and I feel violated, betrayed and incredibly angry. If I met him in person, my inclinations would be toward extreme violence.

God only knows what it must feel like for the real victims of these vermin.
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i'm just grateful' my parents weren't catholics
even as a kid 50 odd years ago the kids from "that other school" had a weight or burden that i never understood in retrospect
making sense now tho
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He's not the full shillin'. Two bricks short of a hod-load.

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An article which illustrates why things never change and we never believe the victims.
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werdna wrote:
An article which illustrates why things never change and we never believe the victims.
If you include Michael Jackson in the list of potential victims then yes I agree
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werdna wrote:
An article which illustrates why things never change and we never believe the victims.
But also an example of information that should be weighed carefully in order to avoid a witch hunt.
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Child abuse is horrifying. I just don't believe everything I hear, and thought that article was a relevant perspective in the current anti-MJ frenzy. I actually don't want to discuss this, and would never watch that doco... Sounds too disturbing.

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counter balance is good ... sadly in this current climate there is no such thing
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I was never into Michael Jackson so, was he a pedo? Wasn't he..? I really don't have any skin in that game whatsoever. I also believe that, whatever people think of Michael Jackson, they probably thought that already.

I do feel a bit of concern about the hysteria surrounding this doco though. Simply because people watching it may think "everybody is saying this is true, so it must be!" whereas, of course, it may or it may not be. Who the "everybody" is varies. My FB feed is full of articles about how radio stations "around the world" are refusing to play his music. "Around the world" basically means some stations in Canada and NZ. OK, that IS "around the world" but not in the 195 countries way it implies.

About impersonators...

During the Iraq wars, it turned out that there were any number of Saddam Hussein impersonators. They were there to fool foreign intelligence as to the real Hussein's whereabouts.

It was apparently a pretty sweet job, but when the war got real, if anything happened to the real Saddam (losing his left arm in a bomb raid, say) all the impersonators' left arms had to go, too. I don't know if it's a true story but it's a real Twilight Zone episode waiting to happen.

And then there was Vaughn Meadee who made a VERY good living being a JFK impersonator until THAT day in Dallas. After that, it was all over.

I like the story about Lenny Bruce being booked to do a gig the night of the assassination. A real shit of a gig for a comedian, he couldn't joke about Kennedy, he couldn't ignore him either. He couldn't be serious because it was a comedy gig. So his first line was "Boy, is Vaughn Meader fucked!"

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werdna wrote: An article which illustrates why things never change and we never believe the victims.
and things like this are part of the reason https://www.vox.com/2019/2/17/18228444/ ... oax-empire
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Interesting link, thanks for posting that. If I'm totally honest on where I sit... I'm still not sure. It's obvious that MJ wasn't quite the full shilling and seemingly even more so in his latter years, but this is something that was probably exaggerated by his fame, money, the way he lived his life etc. A lot of what was written in the article above actually sits quite comfortably with me; kinda like having some oddball uncle that people would perceive as a threat to kids, but the reality is he'd just a bit different and no threat at all. It's completely plausible that the guy at the centre of this new doco is solely driven by money and his failed career :eh:

So I dunno, chances are I'll watch this 'MJ is guilty' doco this weekend. Documentaries on the whole are effective at conveying their messages/intentions so I'll probably end up buying into their accusations ?!

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I'm so torn by this, I can't imagine anyone wanting to make false accusations of this scale with all the scrutiny and pain you would go through, there's easier ways to make money if that's your goal.

I also think regardless of how much time has passed or what people have said previously we should always believe victims, 99.9% of them are telling the truth.

I also don't want to watch the doco any more, I feel like the parents are partly to blame for this and as a parent that disgusts me just as much.
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