The television show 'Urban Myths' has cancelled its Michael Jackson episode due to outrage over the episode and the casting of white actor Joseph Fiennes as the King of Pop. The 30-minute episode cast British actor Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in a comedy dramatisation of a road trip the Thriller singer is said to have taken in 2001 with movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando. Joseph Fiennes fully supports our decision." Michael Jackson, who had the medical condition vitiligo that lightened the colour of his skin, died in June 2009 at the age of 50 after an overdose of the sedative propofol. Paris Jackson (18) also replied to fans of her father on Twitter voicing her disgust at the film.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2017 21:10 UTC