Michael Jackson: The Reckoning

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  Michael Jackson’s Legacy Shouldn’t Survive Leaving Neverland. Here’s Why It Will.

  slate.com - Carl Wilson

  Nor would that be going far enough. It was an ugly rumor that circulated for years, but fans of the great artist were in denial until evidence emerged …

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  There’s No Separating Michael Jackson’s Music From His Obsession With Children

  slate.com - Jack Hamilton

  It’s in his songs. It’s in his videos. You’ll never hear him the same way again. When I was a young child in the mid-1980s, I had a book on tape of a …

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  Leaving Neverland Could Transform Our Ideas of What Sexual Assault Victims Look Like

  slate.com - Inkoo Kang

  During the height of the #MeToo exposés, when each new morning felt like a prelude to mass disappointment and disgust, a friend ably captured the …

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  What Leaving Neverland Leaves Out by Ignoring Race

  slate.com - Jason King

  This isn’t a “public lynching,” but this story’s racial dimensions shouldn’t be ignored. In “Black or White,” Michael Jackson’s 1991 pop plea to …

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  This Isn’t the First Time a Michael Jackson Documentary Inspired a Reckoning

  slate.com - Sam Adams

  Revisiting Living With Michael Jackson, ABC’s “world-exploding” 2003 special. The nation was waiting for a documentary about Michael Jackson, one …

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  How Leaving Neverland Does a Disservice to Michael Jackson’s Accusers

  slate.com - Christina Cauterucci

  The Michael Jackson estate wants to keep Leaving Neverland off the air. The estate alleges that the two-part, four-hour documentary, which premiered …