It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.

Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?

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    10 hours ago

    That’s…

    OK… Let’s practice some Occam’s Razor here. What do you think is the most likely answer?

    • MJ was inappropriate with children.
    • A psychologist devised an elaborate plot where he managed to somehow make multiple children remember something that didn’t happen.