Given the Jackson estate’s refusal to acknowledge, much less dramatize, the late Michael Jackson’s penchant for pedophilia, which resulted in 16 years of investigations, prosecutions, lawsuits, payoffs and media reportings (1993 until his death in 2009), Michael 2, the screenplay for which reportedly hasn’t been written yet, will have no choice but to play the same bizarre denial game that the just-opened Michael does.
Solution: Ignore the last 16 years of MJ’s life and start with the Bad era (when Michael ends) and move onto the 1988 purchase and construction of Neverland ranch, cruise into 1991’s Dangerous, “Black or White” and “Remember The Time”, roll into MJ’s January ‘93 Super Bowl half-time performance and his February ‘93 Oprah interview, and then slam on the brakes and screech to a halt with the summer of ‘93 Jordan Chandler allegations.
That’s a five-year chapter in Jackson’s life, one that yields more than enough to fill a feature film.
