Slate Michael Jackson’s Legacy Shouldn’t Survive Leaving Neverland. Here’s Why It Will. slate.com - By Carl Wilson It was an ugly rumor that circulated for years, but fans of the great artist were in denial until evidence emerged that seemed impossible to refute. …
SlateMichael Jackson There’s No Separating Michael Jackson’s Music From His Obsession With Children slate.com - By Jack Hamilton It’s in his songs. It’s in his videos. You’ll never hear him the same way again. When I was a young child in the mid-1980s, I had a book on tape of a …
SlateWade Robson Leaving Neverland Could Transform Our Ideas of What Sexual Assault Victims Look Like slate.com - By Inkoo Kang During the height of the #MeToo exposés, when each new morning felt like a prelude to mass disappointment and disgust, a friend ably captured the …
SlateLeaving Neverland What Leaving Neverland Leaves Out by Ignoring Race slate.com - By Jason King This isn’t a “public lynching,” but this story’s racial dimensions shouldn’t be ignored. In “Black or White,” Michael Jackson’s 1991 pop plea to …
SlateMichael Jackson This Isn’t the First Time a Michael Jackson Documentary Inspired a Reckoning slate.com - By Sam Adams The nation was waiting for a documentary about Michael Jackson, one filled with serious allegations about one of the most beloved pop stars in …
SlateWade Robson How Leaving Neverland Does a Disservice to Michael Jackson’s Accusers slate.com - By Christina Cauterucci The Michael Jackson estate wants to keep Leaving Neverland off the air. The estate alleges that the two-part, four-hour documentary, which premiered …
SlateMichael Jackson There’s a Wave of Docs Healing Old Wounds. Leaving Neverland Tears Open a New One. slate.com - By Willa Paskin Leaving Neverland is the latest in a series of works that force us to reconsider the past, and the excuses we’ve made to avoid it. In Leaving …
