It appears as if Michael (Lionsgate, 4.24) is more into avoiding than lying. I’m sure it blows smoke up its own ass in various ways, but it mainly seems to be about re-creating Michael Jackson’s ‘80s career highs while dodging the deep-down serpents who slither in the soft mud.
Michael ends around ‘88, I’ve read somewhere. The first little boy molestation accusation, the Jordy Chandler thing, broke in ‘93.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/heartbreaking-life-first-child-accuse-34774912.amp
It sounds as if potential Michael viewers, before buying the popcorn and sitting down, will have to put the “sleeping with attractive little boys within the sanctum of Neverland for years on end” stuff into a steel lockbox and put the box into the trunk of their car out in the parking lot. After seeing Michael some may decide to leave the box in the trunk for an indefinite period.
I myself can double-track it. I can enjoy the secular ‘80s euphoria (Thriller, moonwalking, white socks) while at the same time accepting and respecting Leaving Neverland, which scalds hard.
