It’s early 2003, and Living with Michael Jackson hosted by Martin Bashir is about to air. For many, Bashir’s fawning over the cult of Jackson’s celebrity and his burlesque approach to documenting the icon served as further proof of a conspiracy to take him down. Now, look at what you’ve done by looking!”In Leaving Neverland, however, Jackson is presented only on the edges of the frame. This presumably prompted an interesting decision by filmmaker Dan Reed to structure Leaving Neverland so that it emphasizes the sacrifice of coming forward. Even as Leaving Neverland documents the alleged abuse at the hands of a pop star in the 1980s, it feels distinctly of our time.

Source: National Post March 05, 2019 16:18 UTC