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‘It’s important that Michael’s voice is heard’: Jaafar Jackson says second biopic of his uncle will cover sexual abuse allegations
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The star of Michael, the most commercially successful biopic of all time, has said sequel will give airtime to point-of-view of late singer Of all the criticisms levelled at the authorised biopic of Michael Jackson released earlier this year, the most persistent was that Antoine
The star of Michael, the most commercially successful biopic of all time, has said sequel will give airtime to point-of-view of late singer Of all the criticisms levelled at the authorised biopic of Michael Jackson released earlier this year, the most persistent was that Antoine Fuqua’s film failed to mention the sexual abuse allegations against the singer. In part, this was due to a legal clause, only spotted late in production, which stipulated that one of the men who accused Jackson of abusing them as a boy could never be depicted in a fictionalised account of the period. Continue reading...
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