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Am I "too woke" for thinking the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic is disgusting? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 79 points 6 months ago (6 children)

To nitpick: it's fair to say his relationships with children were inappropriate. The stipulated behavior crosses a lot of lines of propriety.

The stipulated behavior doesn't amount to being harmful or abusive.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I think even what we do know about his relationship with children was harmful, just not to the same extent as rape.

    Even if he was just having sleepovers with kids, that's not a healthy thing for Michael or the kids. For one, it sends very confusing signals to the kids in terms of what is acceptable behavior. Secondly, it dragged these kids into Michael's own traumas (assuming that is the cause of the behavior).

    I'm not sure if any of it would rise to a legal level of wrongdoing, but I don't think anyone was really looking out for the kids best interests regardless of what was really going on.

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  • [+] -32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It was not just sleepovers.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Good argument, definitely provided valid proof or even anything that can hint at it and you also held an objective view and humility like the comments above...

    ///ssssss

    You should feel bad about yourself for being so dumb and lazy to have written that comment. (And to be clear, I say nothing against or for any views here).

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Yes, it is not the behaviour of a healthy adult, nor is it something that should be treated as "normal".
    Also: it does not cross the line where a biopic is "disgusting white-washing" as OP claims.

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