White supremacy never takes a day off. They will use every resource to demonize Black folks especially icons.

The Michael movie has been a blockbuster success. Admittedly, I haven't seen the movie but I've heard the allegations of abuse were omitted.

Netflix has just released a documentary about Michael Jackson as mentioned in the thread title.

Michael has been dead for nearly 17 years now. Yet, Netflix has decided to do a deep dive into the 2005 trial against him.

There is nothing to be gained from trying to dig up dirt on Michael Jackson.

But, that won't stop white supremacists from doing whatever they can to tarnish the legacy of The King of Pop.😎

1. ....so you don't believe he was a pedophile who abused children, or if you do it does not matter?

2. "There is nothing to be gained from trying to dig up dirt on Michael Jackson."
   Of course there is --MONEY! We've been down this road 😉

3. "Netflix has decided to do a deep dive into the 2005 trial against him."
   Why not? A "Blockbuster" movie about Jackson was just released -- perfect timing

4. "But, that won't stop white supremacists from doing whatever they can to tarnish the legacy of The King of Pop."
   When Black people do this, it is just entertainment, but when white folks do it is racism. Do I understand you correctly?

@ProfD We agreed the reason people produce this crap is because it is profitable. You helped me appreciate the reason people consume this stuff is because it is entertaining.

What does racism have to do with it? Besides, didn't Michael Jackson transition to become a white person?

I have no interest in seeing the film. Everyone to a woman (all women) who have seen the film that I spoke to about it was disappointed.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

1. ....so you don't believe he was a pedophile who abused children, or if you do it does not matter?

I do not have any evidence or proof that MJ was a pedophile.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

1. "There is nothing to be gained from trying to dig up dirt on Michael Jackson."
   Of course there is --MONEY! We've been down this road 😉

Sure. Folks can make money but even if they could prove MJ did something wrong...how can he be punished 17 years after death?

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

1. "Netflix has decided to do a deep dive into the 2005 trial against him."
   Why not? A "Blockbuster" movie about Jackson was just released -- perfect timing

The only reason for the negative documentary is 1) money grab & 2) tarnish his legacy.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

1. "But, that won't stop white supremacists from doing whatever they can to tarnish the legacy of The King of Pop."
   When Black people do this, it is just entertainment, but when white folks do it is racism. Do I understand you correctly?

I do not recall Black folks trying to tarnish the legacy of MJ or anyone else especially who is already dead.

Yet, white folks want to re-litigate the case against MJ that he won. Same goes for the case against OJ which he already won.

What do MJ & OJ have in common besides the J's?

MJ & OJ are dead Black male celebrities who white folks believe got away with wrongdoing.

White folks still h8te to think about the stuff Jack Johnson was able to do & he's been dead for exactly 80 years as of yesterday.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

@ProfD We agreed the reason people produce this crap is because it is profitable. You helped me appreciate the reason people consume this stuff is because it is entertaining.

What does racism have to do with it?

Racism plays a huge role in how the system of white supremacy continues to oppress & exploit Black folks & spread anti-Black sentiment.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

Besides, didn't Michael Jackson transition to become a white person?

It is already been proven that no amount of skin bleaching allowed MJ to truly become white.

When MJ decided to buck against the system & void his slave contract, they viewed his a Black man who needed to be taken down.

39 minutes ago, Troy said:

I have no interest in seeing the film. Everyone to a woman (all women) who have seen the film that I spoke to about it was disappointed.

I have zero interest in seeing the film myself. However, everyone I've heard from enjoyed it.

The Michael movie grossing nearly $1 billion dollars worldwide means a whole lot of other folks enjoy it too.😎

16 minutes ago, ProfD said:

I do not have any evidence or proof that MJ was a pedophile.

Really?! OK then man let me ask you think question knowing what you know now would you have let you son of yours spend the night with Michaal Jackson?

18 minutes ago, ProfD said:

The only reason for the negative documentary is 1) money grab & 2) tarnish his legacy.

Agreed about #1. #2 was incidental -- Netflix could care less about his legacy.

19 minutes ago, ProfD said:

I do not recall Black folks trying to tarnish the legacy of MJ or anyone else especially who is already dead.

CLEARLY you have not been on social media -- EVER! LOL!

21 minutes ago, ProfD said:

MJ & OJ are dead Black male celebrities who white folks believe got away with wrongdoing.

Wait, what?! You do not believe OJ killed his wife? Humm OK. I believe both MJ and OJ got away with wrong doings largely they were celebrities. If it were you or I in those cases we would both be in prison right now. Both men actually transcended race and Michael managed to change his 😁

24 minutes ago, ProfD said:

However, everyone I've heard from enjoyed it.

We obviously travel in different circles. Did you talk to any Black men (the cisgendered hetero variety) who enjoyed the film 🤔

30 minutes ago, ProfD said:

The Michael movie grossing nearly $1 billion dollars worldwide means a whole lot of other folks enjoy it too.😎

Nearly $900K (according to IMDB) and most of that was outside the US and canada. In the US and Canada the gross is currently $356,714,075. If we assume an average ticket price of $16 we are looking at 22 million in tickets sales across two counties and we all already not everyone liked the movie. I'm sure many who went to see the film wanted to see more of the "legacy tarnishing things" instead of that stupid monkey and Michael moonwalking.

5 times the number of people watched the following video in 2 weeks...

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

Really?! OK then man let me ask you think question knowing what you know now would you have let you son of yours spend the night with Michaal Jackson?

Does anyone have any real evidence or proof that MJ was a pedophile? Pictures, video, DNA samples, etc.

Remember...I go back & forth with brotha frankster for the very same reason...evidence & proof. No hearsay or conjecture.

As for the 2nd question...I don't understand how or why anyone would have let their child spend the night with a non-family member.

Unless they were trying to get paid for making accusations against someone.🤔

Especially not when Black folks don't let their children spend the night with certain family members.🤣

That whole children spending the night with MJ was weird from the beginning. That doesn't mean he was a pedophile though.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

Agreed about #1. #2 was incidental -- Netflix could care less about his legacy.

Right. Netflix doesn't care about MJ's legacy but there's profit to be made slandering it.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

CLEARLY you have not been on social media -- EVER! LOL!

Right. This site is the closest I'll get to social media.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

Wait, what?! You do not believe OJ killed his wife? Humm OK.

Nope. I do not believe OJ killed those people either.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

I believe both MJ and OJ got away with wrong doings largely they were celebrities.

Many folks chose to believe the allegations white folks cooked up against them. They won in the white folk's court system though.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

If it were you or I in those cases we would both be in prison right now.

Maybe so if we didn't have enough resources to fight the case.

Plenty Black folks have been railroaded into the prison system because they could not afford to beat it.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

Both men actually transcended race and Michael managed to change his 😁

Both Black men were accepted by white folks as long as they were beneficial to them.

As soon as those Black men chose to buck the system, they were castrated by the same white folks.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

We obviously travel in different circles. Did you talk to any Black men (the cisgendered hetero variety) who enjoyed the film 🤔

I know thorough Black men who enjoyed the movie. Of course, they had to sit through it with the ole lady.🤣

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

Nearly $900K (according to IMDB) and most of that was outside the US and canada. In the US and Canada the gross is currently $356,714,075.

That should be $900 million dollars which rounds up to a billion dollars.

16 minutes ago, Troy said:

5 times the number of people watched the following video in 2 weeks...

Makes sense...Shakira has been a Pop icon especially within the Latino community for a couple decades now.

No shortage of content getting millions of views nowadays.😎

Michael Jackson suffered from vitiligo a disease that makes your skin break out in white patches, and is very unsightly, which is why rather than having a speckled brown and white appearance, he just bleached his skin white to give it an even tone, per an interview with Oprah who, incidentally also produced a TVspecial airing the personal accounts of 2 of his paid-off accusers which created quite a stir a few years ago. How quickly we forget.

MJ should be allowed to rest in peace but he was not entirely innocent when it came to being attracted to young boys. His brothers reportedly made jokes about it when he'd be sequestered in his room with a young playunts mate. I don’t think he was aggressive, but preyed on vulnerable ones.

3 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

Michael Jackson suffered from vitiligo a disease that makes your skin break out in white patches, and is very unsightly, which is why rather than having a speckled brown and white appearance, he just bleached his skin white to give it an even tone...

I always thought it was a strange coincidence that MJ's vitiligo showed up after the success of Thriller. 😁

MJ went from one extreme to another, Black to white & then, he bought a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles:

This is Bubbles today. He has been living in a great ape sanctuary for the past 20 years. He's 43 years old now.

Bubbles spends his time painting & is a leader in the ape community according to his bio.

I wonder if the other chimps enjoy hearing Bubbles stories about his life in Hollywood with the King of Pop.

Bubbles doesn't seem to have an issue with his primate version of vitiligo & a receding hairline.🤣😎