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The two men each met Michael Jackson as children in the 1980s and allege the pop star sexually abused them for years while showering their families with attention and gifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of Jackson's family members—particularly, his nephew Taj and brothers Jackie, Marlon and Tito Jackson—have denied these allegations. Last week, Jackson's estate \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-jackson-estate-sues-hbo-over-leaving-neverland-documentary/\">filed a lawsuit against HBO\u003c/a> over the documentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was one of the kindest, most gentle, loving, caring people I knew,\" says Robson, who eventually built a career as a choreographer for artists such as Britney Spears and NSYNC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He also sexually abused me for seven years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soft-spoken and at times hesitant, Safechuck seems the more subdued of the two men. He says Jackson told him their activities were the singer's first sexual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One heartbreaking sequence from the film toggles between two jarringly different stories. In one, Safechuck's mother, Stephanie, speaks about how she overheard Jackson and her son playing together, by themselves, in the singer's hotel room, doing \"just kid things\" like reading books. In the other, her son describes in detail how the pop star used those private moments to kiss him and perform oral sex on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's the biggest entertainer and he's a creative genius, and that creative genius thinks that you are special,\" Safechuck says ruefully, after outlining how Jackson would abuse him. \"What's not to like, right?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ze8LjzV7Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> makes a powerful case against the King of Pop. The film's impact comes from its unwavering focus on the two men and their allegations. The harrowing tales are delivered in excruciating detail to the camera, bolstered by accounts from their mothers, wives and a few other relatives. They each describe a textbook case in which a superstar pedophile groomed children and their families to accept his advances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson met both men when they were children and he was at his creative peak. Robson won a dance contest at age 5 in his native Australia back in 1987; the first prize was meeting Jackson. Safechuck starred in a famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RnwEklPC8Y\">1986 Pepsi commercial\u003c/a> in which he rummages through the singer's dressing room before Jackson enters, surprising him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, the men describe how Jackson paid them loads of attention, bringing them onstage to bask in the white-hot spotlight of his fame. He would take them on his concert tours and talk with them on the phone for hours. This was when Jackson was at the height of his stardom, as screaming crowds mobbed his every public appearance around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were warning signs: Safechuck's mother, Stephanie, describes how, as the tour went on, she was housed in hotel rooms farther and farther away from Jackson and her son. Robson's mother, Joy, speaks about a visit to Jackson's Neverland Ranch compound when her son and the pop star would disappear for hours together, actively avoiding her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories also suggest Jackson's fame and success led the boys' parents to accept situations they may never have tolerated involving someone less famous. The wider world may have been under his spell as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Safechuck says when Jackson brought her son into his dressing room during the Pepsi shoot, the singer's makeup artist told her about the star, \" 'He's like a 9-year-old boy' ... so that made me feel comfortable [leaving them alone].\" But should anyone be comforted by the idea that a nearly 30-year-old man acts like a 9-year-old? And why did pop music fans back in the day accept the argument that he was too childlike to be dangerous? Such explanations were often used publicly to justify stories of Jackson sharing a bed with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, both men explain how they fell out of favor with Jackson as they aged, only to find the singer renew their friendship after he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993 and arrested on child molestation charges in 2003. Back then, Safechuck and Robson denied that Jackson ever abused them, deciding later to reverse their stories as, they say, they were grappling with depression and emotional trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>'s greatest advantage—its focus on the two men's personal testimony—is also its biggest weakness, as no one outside their families is interviewed by the filmmakers to provide a wider context. Most of the rebuttals to accounts of abuse in the movie come from news clips of Jackson and his lawyers addressing different allegations from different accusers. However, there are other sources who could have corroborated the men's stories, including former employees of Jackson questioned during the pop star's 2005 molestation trial (Jackson was acquitted on all charges).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a stark contrast to another recent, attention-getting documentary, Lifetime's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681851521/lifetimes-series-about-r-kelly-depicts-a-darker-side-to-the-singer\">Surviving R. Kelly\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, which surrounded first-person allegations of abuse against the R&B star with fresh interviews. They featured everyone from Kelly's high school music teacher to two of his brothers. That approach left little doubt that viewers had seen a wide-ranging narrative that built its case on the foundation of dozens of similar stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003cem>Leaving Neverland, \u003c/em>the lack of outside voices seems a crucial weakness, especially given that both men sued Jackson's estate years after his 2009 death. Their lawsuits were dismissed after judges said they filed claims too late, but their lawyer\u003ca href=\"https://turnto10.com/features/national-entertainment/jackson-allegations-and-fight-over-them-return-with-new-film\"> plans to file an appeal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film has already made a huge media splash since its premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. There's now a lawsuit against HBO from Jackson's estate, which called the film, \"unvetted propaganda.\" CBS \u003cem>This Morning\u003c/em> featured interviews this week with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhX5ETjs1g\">Jackson's family members,\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPdTmWwK8Rs\"> director Dan Reed,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNW1Vpt61Hw\">Robson and Safechuck\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/fd5db74564d44fd3bb64eae8ddca4800\">Oprah Winfrey will sit down\u003c/a> with Reed, Safechuck and Robson before an audience of abuse survivors for a special airing Monday on HBO and her Oprah Winfrey Network cable channel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the struggle over Jackson's legacy continues, \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> offers a compelling look at two men who say their perspective on their abuse has shifted over time. And perhaps, in the same way, the wider world will have to take another, closer look at legendary figures accused of horrific acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Leaving+Neverland%27+Makes+Powerful+But+One-Sided+Case+Against+The+King+Of+Pop&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Two men who met Michael Jackson as children in the '80s allege the pop star sexually abused them for years. 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He says Jackson told him their activities were the singer's first sexual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One heartbreaking sequence from the film toggles between two jarringly different stories. In one, Safechuck's mother, Stephanie, speaks about how she overheard Jackson and her son playing together, by themselves, in the singer's hotel room, doing \"just kid things\" like reading books. 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The film's impact comes from its unwavering focus on the two men and their allegations. The harrowing tales are delivered in excruciating detail to the camera, bolstered by accounts from their mothers, wives and a few other relatives. They each describe a textbook case in which a superstar pedophile groomed children and their families to accept his advances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson met both men when they were children and he was at his creative peak. Robson won a dance contest at age 5 in his native Australia back in 1987; the first prize was meeting Jackson. Safechuck starred in a famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RnwEklPC8Y\">1986 Pepsi commercial\u003c/a> in which he rummages through the singer's dressing room before Jackson enters, surprising him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, the men describe how Jackson paid them loads of attention, bringing them onstage to bask in the white-hot spotlight of his fame. He would take them on his concert tours and talk with them on the phone for hours. This was when Jackson was at the height of his stardom, as screaming crowds mobbed his every public appearance around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were warning signs: Safechuck's mother, Stephanie, describes how, as the tour went on, she was housed in hotel rooms farther and farther away from Jackson and her son. Robson's mother, Joy, speaks about a visit to Jackson's Neverland Ranch compound when her son and the pop star would disappear for hours together, actively avoiding her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories also suggest Jackson's fame and success led the boys' parents to accept situations they may never have tolerated involving someone less famous. The wider world may have been under his spell as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Safechuck says when Jackson brought her son into his dressing room during the Pepsi shoot, the singer's makeup artist told her about the star, \" 'He's like a 9-year-old boy' ... so that made me feel comfortable [leaving them alone].\" But should anyone be comforted by the idea that a nearly 30-year-old man acts like a 9-year-old? And why did pop music fans back in the day accept the argument that he was too childlike to be dangerous? Such explanations were often used publicly to justify stories of Jackson sharing a bed with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, both men explain how they fell out of favor with Jackson as they aged, only to find the singer renew their friendship after he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993 and arrested on child molestation charges in 2003. Back then, Safechuck and Robson denied that Jackson ever abused them, deciding later to reverse their stories as, they say, they were grappling with depression and emotional trauma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>'s greatest advantage—its focus on the two men's personal testimony—is also its biggest weakness, as no one outside their families is interviewed by the filmmakers to provide a wider context. Most of the rebuttals to accounts of abuse in the movie come from news clips of Jackson and his lawyers addressing different allegations from different accusers. However, there are other sources who could have corroborated the men's stories, including former employees of Jackson questioned during the pop star's 2005 molestation trial (Jackson was acquitted on all charges).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a stark contrast to another recent, attention-getting documentary, Lifetime's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681851521/lifetimes-series-about-r-kelly-depicts-a-darker-side-to-the-singer\">Surviving R. Kelly\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, which surrounded first-person allegations of abuse against the R&B star with fresh interviews. They featured everyone from Kelly's high school music teacher to two of his brothers. That approach left little doubt that viewers had seen a wide-ranging narrative that built its case on the foundation of dozens of similar stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003cem>Leaving Neverland, \u003c/em>the lack of outside voices seems a crucial weakness, especially given that both men sued Jackson's estate years after his 2009 death. Their lawsuits were dismissed after judges said they filed claims too late, but their lawyer\u003ca href=\"https://turnto10.com/features/national-entertainment/jackson-allegations-and-fight-over-them-return-with-new-film\"> plans to file an appeal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film has already made a huge media splash since its premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. There's now a lawsuit against HBO from Jackson's estate, which called the film, \"unvetted propaganda.\" CBS \u003cem>This Morning\u003c/em> featured interviews this week with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhX5ETjs1g\">Jackson's family members,\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPdTmWwK8Rs\"> director Dan Reed,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNW1Vpt61Hw\">Robson and Safechuck\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/fd5db74564d44fd3bb64eae8ddca4800\">Oprah Winfrey will sit down\u003c/a> with Reed, Safechuck and Robson before an audience of abuse survivors for a special airing Monday on HBO and her Oprah Winfrey Network cable channel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the struggle over Jackson's legacy continues, \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> offers a compelling look at two men who say their perspective on their abuse has shifted over time. And perhaps, in the same way, the wider world will have to take another, closer look at legendary figures accused of horrific acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Leaving+Neverland%27+Makes+Powerful+But+One-Sided+Case+Against+The+King+Of+Pop&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/109856/leaving-neverland-makes-powerful-but-one-sided-case-against-the-king-of-pop","authors":["byline_pop_109856"],"categories":["pop_51","pop_4","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_3426","pop_271","pop_3487","pop_1301","pop_1517"],"featImg":"pop_109857","label":"pop"},"pop_108623":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_108623","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"108623","score":null,"sort":[1548709338000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"why-the-new-michael-jackson-documentary-wont-have-the-impact-surviving-r-kelly-did","title":"Why the New Michael Jackson Documentary Won’t Have the Impact ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Did","publishDate":1548709338,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Why the New Michael Jackson Documentary Won’t Have the Impact ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Did | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>If anyone ever needed a reminder of the awesome power of documentaries, \u003cem>Surviving R. Kelly\u003c/em> provided a particularly impactful one. Since the docuseries aired, Kelly has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/arts/music/r-kelly-rca-sony.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR36M8K7oo1nozw-gfuI7s5cfThQVjSgfWng_CeHaIm82a11_RhtBKY1z5Q\">dropped\u003c/a> by RCA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108417/lady-gaga-needs-to-talk-about-r-kelly\">denounced\u003c/a> by former collaborators, become the focus of one investigation in Georgia, another into his studio in Chicago, seen his ex-manager served with an arrest warrant, and had his music banned by at least two radio stations. After years of dodged bullets, \u003cem>Surviving R. Kelly\u003c/em> brought about a major shift in how the world views the R&B star.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13938155]A new documentary about Michael Jackson, titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.sundance.org/projects/leaving-neverland\">\u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is hoping to prompt a similar change, by exploring the stories of two men who say Jackson sexually abused them. “Through gut-wrenching interviews with the now-adult men and their families,” the film’s press release states, “\u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> crafts a portrait of sustained exploitation and deception, documenting the power of celebrity that allowed a revered figure to infiltrate the lives of starstruck children and their parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-part, four-hour film by director \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715371/\">Dan Reed\u003c/a>, premiered at Sundance over the weekend and will air on HBO in the spring. Weeks ago, news that it even existed was greeted with strong condemnation by Jackson’s estate, which said: “This is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson’s nephew Taj spoke out on Twitter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/tajjackson3/status/1083465977587654657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1083465977587654657&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmadamenoire.com%2F1055879%2Ffinding-neverland%2F\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson supporters were also quick to respond. “I’m absolutely sick of it,” says British fan, Charlotte Childs. “The man was found innocent! I didn’t blindly accept that; I did my research and read the court transcripts. There’s a lot of stuff going on in the fan community right now—petitions and rebuttal videos are in the works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple of them surfaced before the film did. One accused \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuba-G87YMo\">of defamation\u003c/a>. Another—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kHPJhA1kk\">a movie trailer parody\u003c/a>—called Jackson’s prior accusers “blatant liars.” Pressure was so great on Sundance that, weeks in advance, the festival was forced to release a statement to confirm it \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/sundance-michael-jackson-child-abuse-doc-leaving-neverland-fan-protests-1202035204/\">would not be removing\u003c/a> the documentary from its lineup. It also provided an increased police presence at the first screening, in anticipation of protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=pop_109856]Jackson fans have a history of leaping to his defense fiercely and fast. And there are a lot of them. You’d be hard pressed to find a musician whose work is as universally loved as Michael Jackson’s. His impact was so enormous, it’s fairly difficult to find anyone between the ages of 25 and 75 who doesn’t, in some way, have an emotional connection to his music. In the end, if the rumors about him are proven true—and some viewers at \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>‘s premiere were \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/1088949957195776000\">definitely leaning in that direction\u003c/a>—it will be a pop culture loss the likes of which we’ve never seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson cuts a more sympathetic figure than most famous men who’ve come under the #MeToo microscope, in part because he is no longer alive, and because, when he was, he was frequently viewed as a vulnerable victim of both press and circumstance. Two musicians I interviewed about \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> before its release both separately used the phrase “easy target” in relation to Jackson and the accusations made against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while Jackson and R. Kelly both suffered difficult, abusive childhoods, in adulthood, Jackson made sure we never stopped thinking about his. He cultivated an image of a man-child; isolated, sensitive and given neither the opportunity to reach adulthood on his own terms nor a chance to grow into a truly independent, free person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The publication of his 1988 autobiography, \u003cem>Moon Walk\u003c/em>, established an ever-present pain in Jackson’s persona and subsequently left behind a residue of public guilt. If he hadn’t spent his childhood over-worked and on tour, the story went, he wouldn’t need an amusement park and a zoo at his house as an adult. The implication is that the fault of his eccentric behavior and habits lies, at least partially, with a public who adored him too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=pop_16314]Some of the elements of Jackson’s persona were specifically designed to elicit this response in fans. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/09/michael-jackson200909\">\u003cem>Vanity Fair\u003c/em> story\u003c/a>, journalist and longtime friend Lisa Robinson talks of Jackson’s “two voices he could produce at will.” One was the gentle squeak he used for public appearances, the other was, in Robinson’s words “lower,” “more ‘normal’,” and reserved for private conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, Robinson’s story reflects exactly how the public most likes to think about Jackson. It focuses on a catalogue of interviews that she conducted with him between 1972 and 1989 (four years before the first child molestation trial). What happened in Jackson’s life after those interviews is summed up in a single paragraph:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Before the onstage crotch grabbing, before the disfiguring plastic surgeries, before the peculiar disguises, before the suspect marriages, before the mysteriously conceived children, before the rumored drug addictions and insomnia, and even before…the hospital stays, the alleged family estrangements, the profligate spending, the grotesque tchotchke hoarding, the over-the-top fantasyland ranch…and certainly way before the child-molestation accusations and trial, Michael Jackson was one of the most talented, adorable, enthusiastic, sweet, ebullient performers I’d ever interviewed.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>That’s the Michael Jackson the world most fondly, and often, remembers. Because for almost 20 years, he was simply one of the greatest talents the world had ever seen. When your great first impression lasts two decades, people are able to hold onto it, regardless of what comes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result of that is that Michael Jackson has never really fallen out of favor. Just this month, fashion giant \u003ca href=\"https://www.vogue.com/article/louis-vuitton-mens-fall-2019-paris-virgil-abloh-michael-jackson\">Louis Vuitton honored Jackson\u003c/a> in a special runway show that attendees were invited to via bedazzled, single white gloves. One of January’s most popular viral videos was that of UCLA gymnast, Katelyn Ohashi, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108600/katelyn-ohashis-gymnastics-routine-is-the-energy-we-need-in-2019\">performing an exhilarating routine\u003c/a> soundtracked by Michael Jackson and his siblings. \u003ca href=\"https://thrillerlive.com/\">\u003cem>Thriller Live, \u003c/em>\u003c/a>an MJ musical, is now enjoying its “record-breaking” tenth year in the heart of London’s theater district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all despite the horrifying allegations that were made during the 2005 trial—sleepovers with children, Jackson giving them wine (apparently nicknamed \u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/44546/michael-jackson-s-jesus-juice\">“Jesus Juice”\u003c/a> and “Jesus Blood”), “triple-locked \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/michael-jackson-stashed-pictures-of-animal-torture-and-nude-chil/\">secret closets”\u003c/a> and, most shocking of all, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3653380/Michael-Jackson-s-secret-underage-sex-closet-Inside-raid-uncovered-King-Pop-s-extensive-collection-photos-featuring-naked-teenage-boys.html\">an extensive collection of photos featuring naked teenage boys\u003c/a>.” The crowds outside the courthouse were \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/273631968?fbclid=IwAR2W1SoYQdlrazEOX0r5YDPtkYF-940-ToTDyDmQFFi_gDYNf742EmtgQpc\">unwavering in their dedication\u003c/a> to Jackson at the time, and many of them remain so today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look at it this way,” Las Vegas fan, Chris King says. “Corey Feldman has been a pedophile exposer now for years. No mention of Michael. Macaulay Culkin has been out of the spotlight for 15 years and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BstTcWRgZt_/?fbclid=IwAR1saxhJaiIvPXwAfTDKo_m7eTNW9mcsvLkLTPDEQwys9R54QC2DZDKtFNY\">not a peep from him\u003c/a> either. Going back to childhood, I never believed it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13901400]Another lifelong fan, who asked to remain anonymous, acknowledged that she doesn’t hold Jackson accountable in the same way she does other musicians. “I flip out that Drake is texting a 13-year-old girl, and I think R. Kelly is a monster, but I know I’ve also victim-shamed the kids that accused Michael. Which is crazy. When the first trial happened, I saw it as an attack on my idol. It happened at a time when public information was a lot more limited, so I essentially went on my gut and the verdict. It’s much easier to go with the things that back up my faith in him, and believe this was about those kids needing money than it is to accept what I don’t want to hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just how many people will avoid \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> for those same reasons is impossible to predict. But the response it received before the emergence of so much as a trailer, speaks volumes about our nation’s relationship with both Michael Jackson, and, more generally, America’s musical heroes. It’s clear that, regardless of what comes out in the film, there are a great many people who will keep Michael Jackson firmly on his pedestal, whether he deserves it or not.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"We talked to a few Michael Jackson fans, who've remained faithful to the star, despite all the rumors.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1702326095,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":1494},"headData":{"title":"Why the New Michael Jackson Documentary Won’t Have the Impact ‘Surviving R. 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Kelly\u003c/em> provided a particularly impactful one. Since the docuseries aired, Kelly has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/arts/music/r-kelly-rca-sony.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR36M8K7oo1nozw-gfuI7s5cfThQVjSgfWng_CeHaIm82a11_RhtBKY1z5Q\">dropped\u003c/a> by RCA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108417/lady-gaga-needs-to-talk-about-r-kelly\">denounced\u003c/a> by former collaborators, become the focus of one investigation in Georgia, another into his studio in Chicago, seen his ex-manager served with an arrest warrant, and had his music banned by at least two radio stations. After years of dodged bullets, \u003cem>Surviving R. Kelly\u003c/em> brought about a major shift in how the world views the R&B star.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13938155","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A new documentary about Michael Jackson, titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.sundance.org/projects/leaving-neverland\">\u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is hoping to prompt a similar change, by exploring the stories of two men who say Jackson sexually abused them. “Through gut-wrenching interviews with the now-adult men and their families,” the film’s press release states, “\u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> crafts a portrait of sustained exploitation and deception, documenting the power of celebrity that allowed a revered figure to infiltrate the lives of starstruck children and their parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-part, four-hour film by director \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715371/\">Dan Reed\u003c/a>, premiered at Sundance over the weekend and will air on HBO in the spring. Weeks ago, news that it even existed was greeted with strong condemnation by Jackson’s estate, which said: “This is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson’s nephew Taj spoke out on Twitter:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1083465977587654657"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson supporters were also quick to respond. “I’m absolutely sick of it,” says British fan, Charlotte Childs. “The man was found innocent! I didn’t blindly accept that; I did my research and read the court transcripts. There’s a lot of stuff going on in the fan community right now—petitions and rebuttal videos are in the works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple of them surfaced before the film did. One accused \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuba-G87YMo\">of defamation\u003c/a>. Another—\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kHPJhA1kk\">a movie trailer parody\u003c/a>—called Jackson’s prior accusers “blatant liars.” Pressure was so great on Sundance that, weeks in advance, the festival was forced to release a statement to confirm it \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/sundance-michael-jackson-child-abuse-doc-leaving-neverland-fan-protests-1202035204/\">would not be removing\u003c/a> the documentary from its lineup. It also provided an increased police presence at the first screening, in anticipation of protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_109856","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jackson fans have a history of leaping to his defense fiercely and fast. And there are a lot of them. You’d be hard pressed to find a musician whose work is as universally loved as Michael Jackson’s. His impact was so enormous, it’s fairly difficult to find anyone between the ages of 25 and 75 who doesn’t, in some way, have an emotional connection to his music. In the end, if the rumors about him are proven true—and some viewers at \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em>‘s premiere were \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/1088949957195776000\">definitely leaning in that direction\u003c/a>—it will be a pop culture loss the likes of which we’ve never seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson cuts a more sympathetic figure than most famous men who’ve come under the #MeToo microscope, in part because he is no longer alive, and because, when he was, he was frequently viewed as a vulnerable victim of both press and circumstance. Two musicians I interviewed about \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> before its release both separately used the phrase “easy target” in relation to Jackson and the accusations made against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while Jackson and R. Kelly both suffered difficult, abusive childhoods, in adulthood, Jackson made sure we never stopped thinking about his. He cultivated an image of a man-child; isolated, sensitive and given neither the opportunity to reach adulthood on his own terms nor a chance to grow into a truly independent, free person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The publication of his 1988 autobiography, \u003cem>Moon Walk\u003c/em>, established an ever-present pain in Jackson’s persona and subsequently left behind a residue of public guilt. If he hadn’t spent his childhood over-worked and on tour, the story went, he wouldn’t need an amusement park and a zoo at his house as an adult. The implication is that the fault of his eccentric behavior and habits lies, at least partially, with a public who adored him too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_16314","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some of the elements of Jackson’s persona were specifically designed to elicit this response in fans. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/09/michael-jackson200909\">\u003cem>Vanity Fair\u003c/em> story\u003c/a>, journalist and longtime friend Lisa Robinson talks of Jackson’s “two voices he could produce at will.” One was the gentle squeak he used for public appearances, the other was, in Robinson’s words “lower,” “more ‘normal’,” and reserved for private conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, Robinson’s story reflects exactly how the public most likes to think about Jackson. It focuses on a catalogue of interviews that she conducted with him between 1972 and 1989 (four years before the first child molestation trial). What happened in Jackson’s life after those interviews is summed up in a single paragraph:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Before the onstage crotch grabbing, before the disfiguring plastic surgeries, before the peculiar disguises, before the suspect marriages, before the mysteriously conceived children, before the rumored drug addictions and insomnia, and even before…the hospital stays, the alleged family estrangements, the profligate spending, the grotesque tchotchke hoarding, the over-the-top fantasyland ranch…and certainly way before the child-molestation accusations and trial, Michael Jackson was one of the most talented, adorable, enthusiastic, sweet, ebullient performers I’d ever interviewed.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>That’s the Michael Jackson the world most fondly, and often, remembers. Because for almost 20 years, he was simply one of the greatest talents the world had ever seen. When your great first impression lasts two decades, people are able to hold onto it, regardless of what comes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result of that is that Michael Jackson has never really fallen out of favor. Just this month, fashion giant \u003ca href=\"https://www.vogue.com/article/louis-vuitton-mens-fall-2019-paris-virgil-abloh-michael-jackson\">Louis Vuitton honored Jackson\u003c/a> in a special runway show that attendees were invited to via bedazzled, single white gloves. One of January’s most popular viral videos was that of UCLA gymnast, Katelyn Ohashi, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108600/katelyn-ohashis-gymnastics-routine-is-the-energy-we-need-in-2019\">performing an exhilarating routine\u003c/a> soundtracked by Michael Jackson and his siblings. \u003ca href=\"https://thrillerlive.com/\">\u003cem>Thriller Live, \u003c/em>\u003c/a>an MJ musical, is now enjoying its “record-breaking” tenth year in the heart of London’s theater district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all despite the horrifying allegations that were made during the 2005 trial—sleepovers with children, Jackson giving them wine (apparently nicknamed \u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/44546/michael-jackson-s-jesus-juice\">“Jesus Juice”\u003c/a> and “Jesus Blood”), “triple-locked \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/michael-jackson-stashed-pictures-of-animal-torture-and-nude-chil/\">secret closets”\u003c/a> and, most shocking of all, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3653380/Michael-Jackson-s-secret-underage-sex-closet-Inside-raid-uncovered-King-Pop-s-extensive-collection-photos-featuring-naked-teenage-boys.html\">an extensive collection of photos featuring naked teenage boys\u003c/a>.” The crowds outside the courthouse were \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/273631968?fbclid=IwAR2W1SoYQdlrazEOX0r5YDPtkYF-940-ToTDyDmQFFi_gDYNf742EmtgQpc\">unwavering in their dedication\u003c/a> to Jackson at the time, and many of them remain so today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look at it this way,” Las Vegas fan, Chris King says. “Corey Feldman has been a pedophile exposer now for years. No mention of Michael. Macaulay Culkin has been out of the spotlight for 15 years and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BstTcWRgZt_/?fbclid=IwAR1saxhJaiIvPXwAfTDKo_m7eTNW9mcsvLkLTPDEQwys9R54QC2DZDKtFNY\">not a peep from him\u003c/a> either. Going back to childhood, I never believed it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13901400","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Another lifelong fan, who asked to remain anonymous, acknowledged that she doesn’t hold Jackson accountable in the same way she does other musicians. “I flip out that Drake is texting a 13-year-old girl, and I think R. Kelly is a monster, but I know I’ve also victim-shamed the kids that accused Michael. Which is crazy. When the first trial happened, I saw it as an attack on my idol. It happened at a time when public information was a lot more limited, so I essentially went on my gut and the verdict. It’s much easier to go with the things that back up my faith in him, and believe this was about those kids needing money than it is to accept what I don’t want to hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just how many people will avoid \u003cem>Leaving Neverland\u003c/em> for those same reasons is impossible to predict. But the response it received before the emergence of so much as a trailer, speaks volumes about our nation’s relationship with both Michael Jackson, and, more generally, America’s musical heroes. It’s clear that, regardless of what comes out in the film, there are a great many people who will keep Michael Jackson firmly on his pedestal, whether he deserves it or not.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/108623/why-the-new-michael-jackson-documentary-wont-have-the-impact-surviving-r-kelly-did","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_51","pop_4","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_3426","pop_3341","pop_1301","pop_463"],"featImg":"pop_108626","label":"pop"},"pop_105661":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_105661","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"105661","score":null,"sort":[1536610253000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mac-miller-ariana-grande-and-our-addiction-to-pointing-the-finger","title":"Mac Miller, Ariana Grande and Our Addiction to Pointing the Finger","publishDate":1536610253,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>On Friday morning, Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent overdose, after years of openly struggling with addiction. One of Miller's most endearing qualities as an artist was his willingness to share his vulnerabilities and fears around his own struggles with sobriety. \"\u003cem>I'm hoping not to join \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ranker.com/list/members-of-the-27-club/famous-celebrity-deaths-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>the 27 club\u003c/em>\u003c/a>,\" he rapped on \"Brand Name.\" In the end, tragically, Mac Miller only made it to 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCyrtGQhAk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller's fame—and the amount of public scrutiny he was put under—grew when he got into a relationship with Ariana Grande in September 2016. When the longtime friends and collaborators officially split last May, and Grande went public about her whirlwind romance with Pete Davidson just a couple of weeks later, Miller fans weren't happy. Some were quick to blame Grande for Miller's addiction issues, to the degree that she felt the need to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/999314187384901633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hit back on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13840493']For his part, Miller publicly stated that he was fine with the break-up and his ex-girlfriend's new relationship. At the end of July, in \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/ariana-grandes-mac-miller-breaks-silence-engagement-pete/story?id=56780176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview with Zane Lowe\u003c/a>, he said \"I was in love with somebody. We were together for two years. We worked through good times, bad times, stress and everything else. And then it came to an end and we both moved on. And it's that simple, you know?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Instagram, \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/everything-mac-miller-and-ariana-grande-have-said-about-their-relationship-109253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grande stated:\u003c/a> \"This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet. I respect and adore him endlessly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, on Friday, as the tragic news about Miller broke, Grande was not left to grieve in peace. Instead, her Instagram page became a battleground between Miller fans pointing the finger and Grande fans rushing to her defense. There were multiple fans who pleaded with her to \"turn off the comments\" hours before she finally did. By that time, the damage was already done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 355px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105664\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1.png 355w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1-160x105.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1-240x158.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comments posted to Ariana Grande's Instagram account on Friday, September 7, 2018.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, Grande has yet to speak publicly about the death of Miller, though she did post a touching photo of him to her Instagram account over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Bneu_dCHVdn/?hl=en&taken-by=arianagrande\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public attack on Grande is horrible but in no way surprising. It's not even the first time in the last few \u003cem>weeks\u003c/em> that a woman has been blamed for a famous man's own longterm, personal struggles. Ben Affleck's current girlfriend, model Shauna Sexton, was accused of landing the 46-year-old actor back in rehab late last month after she posted a photo of herself enjoying a glass of wine. Admittedly, her timing wasn't great; the pic went up just three days after Affleck's ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, staged an intervention. But when accusations started flying in the comments, Sexton quickly and directly pointed out that her boyfriend's ability to stay sober had little to do with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sexton \u003ca href=\"https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2018/09/shauna-sexton-you-think-i-sent-ben-affleck-to-rehab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I love to drink and party! Absolutely dude. Most 22 year olds do… [Does it] mean i would disrespect someone’s hard earned sobriety by drinking with them or in front of them? Hell no… Ben is a grown ass man, baby. He makes his own decisions. Blaming a 22 year old for someone’s 3rd time in rehab is just ridiculous...He is human. I am human. You are human. We all are going to f**k up it’s just a matter of learning from it. Don’t be so quick to throw shade on people. Take a step back, accept that we are all on our own journey, and be a little less critical.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So where does the compulsion come from, to hold responsible anyone other than the dead celebrity in question? The root of it is in the public's great sense of personal attachment to famous people, especially musicians. Pointing the finger at someone else means propelling our own sadness out and away from us. \u003ca href=\"https://www.shape.com/blogs/shape-your-life/why-we-take-celebs-deaths-so-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Therapist Patrick Wanis told \u003cem>Shape\u003c/em> \u003c/a>magazine: “We grieve them … because we feel they can no longer continue to contribute to our lives—we have lost out on their next musical creation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other factor is an unwillingness to blame the deceased person themselves, for being gone too soon. No one wishes to speak ill of the dead, so we absolve them of responsibility and shift blame to the next nearest living person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_107245']What the blame game ignores, of course, is just how complex addiction is. The causes of drug and alcohol dependency differ wildly depending on the individual. As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.centeronaddiction.org/what-addiction/addiction-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center on Addiction\u003c/a> points out: \"Addiction disrupts regions of the brain that are responsible for reward, motivation, learning, judgment and memory.\" Relapses can be caused by anything and nothing. And for partners living with an addict, there is no perfect way of dealing with it. If they exercise tough love and leave, they are accused of abandonment. If they stay, they are accused of enabling. It's a no-win position to be in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to keep in mind is that the only person that can keep an addict sober is the addict themselves. Assistance can come from sponsors, organizations and, yes, partners. But if it feels too uncomfortable to pass judgment on the addict, it should feel just as unjust to direct it at their loved ones. In the end, Mac Miller didn't die because Ariana Grande broke up with him; Mac Miller died because he had a disease.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"What drives us to point the finger at their loved ones, every time a famous musician dies from addiction?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1662578357,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":956},"headData":{"title":"Mac Miller, Ariana Grande and Our Addiction to Pointing the Finger - KQED Pop","description":"What drives us to point the finger at their loved ones, every time a famous musician dies from addiction?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Mac Miller, Ariana Grande and Our Addiction to Pointing the Finger","datePublished":"2018-09-10T20:10:53.000Z","dateModified":"2022-09-07T19:19:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"105661 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=105661","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2018/09/10/mac-miller-ariana-grande-and-our-addiction-to-pointing-the-finger/","disqusTitle":"Mac Miller, Ariana Grande and Our Addiction to Pointing the Finger","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/pop/105661/mac-miller-ariana-grande-and-our-addiction-to-pointing-the-finger","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Friday morning, Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent overdose, after years of openly struggling with addiction. One of Miller's most endearing qualities as an artist was his willingness to share his vulnerabilities and fears around his own struggles with sobriety. \"\u003cem>I'm hoping not to join \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ranker.com/list/members-of-the-27-club/famous-celebrity-deaths-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>the 27 club\u003c/em>\u003c/a>,\" he rapped on \"Brand Name.\" In the end, tragically, Mac Miller only made it to 26.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/vuCyrtGQhAk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/vuCyrtGQhAk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Miller's fame—and the amount of public scrutiny he was put under—grew when he got into a relationship with Ariana Grande in September 2016. When the longtime friends and collaborators officially split last May, and Grande went public about her whirlwind romance with Pete Davidson just a couple of weeks later, Miller fans weren't happy. Some were quick to blame Grande for Miller's addiction issues, to the degree that she felt the need to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/999314187384901633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hit back on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13840493","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For his part, Miller publicly stated that he was fine with the break-up and his ex-girlfriend's new relationship. At the end of July, in \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/ariana-grandes-mac-miller-breaks-silence-engagement-pete/story?id=56780176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview with Zane Lowe\u003c/a>, he said \"I was in love with somebody. We were together for two years. We worked through good times, bad times, stress and everything else. And then it came to an end and we both moved on. And it's that simple, you know?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Instagram, \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/everything-mac-miller-and-ariana-grande-have-said-about-their-relationship-109253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grande stated:\u003c/a> \"This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet. I respect and adore him endlessly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, on Friday, as the tragic news about Miller broke, Grande was not left to grieve in peace. Instead, her Instagram page became a battleground between Miller fans pointing the finger and Grande fans rushing to her defense. There were multiple fans who pleaded with her to \"turn off the comments\" hours before she finally did. By that time, the damage was already done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 355px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105664\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1.png 355w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1-160x105.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horrible1-240x158.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comments posted to Ariana Grande's Instagram account on Friday, September 7, 2018.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, Grande has yet to speak publicly about the death of Miller, though she did post a touching photo of him to her Instagram account over the weekend.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"Bneu_dCHVdn"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The public attack on Grande is horrible but in no way surprising. It's not even the first time in the last few \u003cem>weeks\u003c/em> that a woman has been blamed for a famous man's own longterm, personal struggles. Ben Affleck's current girlfriend, model Shauna Sexton, was accused of landing the 46-year-old actor back in rehab late last month after she posted a photo of herself enjoying a glass of wine. Admittedly, her timing wasn't great; the pic went up just three days after Affleck's ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, staged an intervention. But when accusations started flying in the comments, Sexton quickly and directly pointed out that her boyfriend's ability to stay sober had little to do with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sexton \u003ca href=\"https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2018/09/shauna-sexton-you-think-i-sent-ben-affleck-to-rehab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I love to drink and party! Absolutely dude. Most 22 year olds do… [Does it] mean i would disrespect someone’s hard earned sobriety by drinking with them or in front of them? Hell no… Ben is a grown ass man, baby. He makes his own decisions. Blaming a 22 year old for someone’s 3rd time in rehab is just ridiculous...He is human. I am human. You are human. We all are going to f**k up it’s just a matter of learning from it. Don’t be so quick to throw shade on people. Take a step back, accept that we are all on our own journey, and be a little less critical.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So where does the compulsion come from, to hold responsible anyone other than the dead celebrity in question? The root of it is in the public's great sense of personal attachment to famous people, especially musicians. Pointing the finger at someone else means propelling our own sadness out and away from us. \u003ca href=\"https://www.shape.com/blogs/shape-your-life/why-we-take-celebs-deaths-so-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Therapist Patrick Wanis told \u003cem>Shape\u003c/em> \u003c/a>magazine: “We grieve them … because we feel they can no longer continue to contribute to our lives—we have lost out on their next musical creation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other factor is an unwillingness to blame the deceased person themselves, for being gone too soon. No one wishes to speak ill of the dead, so we absolve them of responsibility and shift blame to the next nearest living person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_107245","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>What the blame game ignores, of course, is just how complex addiction is. The causes of drug and alcohol dependency differ wildly depending on the individual. As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.centeronaddiction.org/what-addiction/addiction-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center on Addiction\u003c/a> points out: \"Addiction disrupts regions of the brain that are responsible for reward, motivation, learning, judgment and memory.\" Relapses can be caused by anything and nothing. And for partners living with an addict, there is no perfect way of dealing with it. If they exercise tough love and leave, they are accused of abandonment. If they stay, they are accused of enabling. It's a no-win position to be in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to keep in mind is that the only person that can keep an addict sober is the addict themselves. Assistance can come from sponsors, organizations and, yes, partners. But if it feels too uncomfortable to pass judgment on the addict, it should feel just as unjust to direct it at their loved ones. In the end, Mac Miller didn't die because Ariana Grande broke up with him; Mac Miller died because he had a disease.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/105661/mac-miller-ariana-grande-and-our-addiction-to-pointing-the-finger","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_7","pop_1041"],"tags":["pop_2774","pop_1680","pop_212","pop_651","pop_3291","pop_1301"],"featImg":"pop_105679","label":"pop"},"pop_95386":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_95386","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"95386","score":null,"sort":[1502110844000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"coldplay-cant-stop-covering-the-songs-of-the-recently-deceased","title":"Coldplay Can't Stop Covering the Songs of the Recently Deceased","publishDate":1502110844,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>After almost two decades together, Coldplay might still be one of the most divisive bands on the planet. Depending on who you ask, the quartet is either the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetoptens.com/rock-bands/coldplay-44316.asp\">\"best band of the 21st century\"\u003c/a> (Jay-Z recently compared frontman Chris Martin to \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/jay-z-chris-martin-coldplay-william-shakespeare-songwriter-live-band-a7872451.html\">\"a modern-day Shakespeare\"\u003c/a>), or it makes middle of the road \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,347745,00.html\">\"bedwetters' music\"\u003c/a> for boring people (Bono once called Chris Martin a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1157358/U2-singer-Bono-apologises-foul-mouthed-insult-Coldplays-Chris-Martin.html\">\"wanker\"\u003c/a> live on BBC Radio).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past few years though, Chris, Will, Jonny, and Guy have started stretching themselves in a rather morbid direction: cover songs for recently deceased famous people. Last week, the band garnered attention for Chris Martin's solo cover of Linkin Park's \"Crawling,\" following the death of frontman Chester Bennington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFj2jKnFM0g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving though it was, \"Crawling\" is the latest in an increasingly long line of cover tributes. It started in earnest in 2009, after the death of Michael Jackson. Coldplay spent the rest of the year incorporating a cover of \"Billie Jean\" into live sets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VchZzMZLaPo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, two months after David Bowie's death, Chris Martin got together with Jimmy Fallon and performed a deeply uncomfortable rendition of \"Life On Mars?\" The problem? Fallon did a hokey Bowie impersonation all the way through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OcHOBenPFc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly afterwards, Coldplay started incorporating \"Heroes\" into their set on the regular, despite the fact that David Bowie had rejected an offer to collaborate with the band while he was still alive. \"One time I sent [Bowie] a song to ask him to sing on it,” Chris Martin told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406310/david-bowie-chris-martin-coldplay-collaborate-diss\">BBC Music Awards\u003c/a> in 2014. “He called me and said, 'It's not one of your best.' He's got very high standards and I appreciate that. It inspires the rest of us to keep our standards high.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the band ignoring Bowie's shade and paying tribute to him anyway:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOzplfOMKJ0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'll notice at the beginning of that clip, Martin references not just Bowie, but Prince too. And literally one night after the above Bowie cover, the band got together with the host of \u003cem>The Late, Late Show\u003c/em> (and lover of his own singing voice) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JKCorden?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">James Corden\u003c/a> to do a rendition of \"Nothing Compares 2 U.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mak_Cu9Wl6w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could be argued that bringing a comedian onstage to pay tribute to a recently-deceased megastar, who was notoriously protective of how his music was presented, wasn't particularly sensitive. In life, Prince actively \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/07/10/princes-music-videos-are-back-online/\">removed even fan-generated videos\u003c/a> from the internet, so he may not have appreciated being covered by a chat show host at what was surely a still-solemn time for Prince's family, friends, and fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, at the 2017 BRIT Awards, two months after George Michael's death, Coldplay performed Wham!'s \"A Different Corner.\" It started beautifully enough, but, halfway through, unexpectedly turned into a duet with a video of George Michael also performing the song. Martin was visibly and genuinely emotional about the whole thing, but it undoubtedly bordered on the macabre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPoKzxTS80g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just deceased musicians Coldplay pay tribute to either. The day of Gene Wilder's death in 2016, the band worked \"Pure Imagination\" into the end of \"The Scientist\" at a concert in Denver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yZCRsCfc5I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's fair to say that the members of Coldplay most probably have their hearts in the right place when they perform these tributes to their fellow fallen musicians. Audiences also often need that moment of catharsis to bid their heroes goodbye in the wake of a tragic death. But when there are this many tributes, and some of them are performed with a veneer of insensitivity, it is occasionally difficult not to question the band's motives. It's also now so unusual for Coldplay to skip a tribute, rightly or wrongly it's hard not to wonder why Chris Cornell, for example, didn't get one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, fans must trust that the band really do just want to honor their heroes; it would probably just mean more if they did it less often and with fewer comedians involved.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Coldplay pay tribute to fallen musicians so regularly, it's starting to feel a little weird.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1502149302,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":738},"headData":{"title":"Coldplay Can't Stop Covering the Songs of the Recently Deceased | KQED","description":"Coldplay pay tribute to fallen musicians so regularly, it's starting to feel a little weird.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Coldplay Can't Stop Covering the Songs of the Recently Deceased","datePublished":"2017-08-07T13:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2017-08-07T23:41:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"95386 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=95386","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/08/07/coldplay-cant-stop-covering-the-songs-of-the-recently-deceased/","disqusTitle":"Coldplay Can't Stop Covering the Songs of the Recently Deceased","path":"/pop/95386/coldplay-cant-stop-covering-the-songs-of-the-recently-deceased","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After almost two decades together, Coldplay might still be one of the most divisive bands on the planet. Depending on who you ask, the quartet is either the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetoptens.com/rock-bands/coldplay-44316.asp\">\"best band of the 21st century\"\u003c/a> (Jay-Z recently compared frontman Chris Martin to \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/jay-z-chris-martin-coldplay-william-shakespeare-songwriter-live-band-a7872451.html\">\"a modern-day Shakespeare\"\u003c/a>), or it makes middle of the road \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,347745,00.html\">\"bedwetters' music\"\u003c/a> for boring people (Bono once called Chris Martin a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1157358/U2-singer-Bono-apologises-foul-mouthed-insult-Coldplays-Chris-Martin.html\">\"wanker\"\u003c/a> live on BBC Radio).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past few years though, Chris, Will, Jonny, and Guy have started stretching themselves in a rather morbid direction: cover songs for recently deceased famous people. Last week, the band garnered attention for Chris Martin's solo cover of Linkin Park's \"Crawling,\" following the death of frontman Chester Bennington.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pFj2jKnFM0g'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pFj2jKnFM0g'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Moving though it was, \"Crawling\" is the latest in an increasingly long line of cover tributes. It started in earnest in 2009, after the death of Michael Jackson. Coldplay spent the rest of the year incorporating a cover of \"Billie Jean\" into live sets.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/VchZzMZLaPo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/VchZzMZLaPo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, two months after David Bowie's death, Chris Martin got together with Jimmy Fallon and performed a deeply uncomfortable rendition of \"Life On Mars?\" The problem? Fallon did a hokey Bowie impersonation all the way through.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/0OcHOBenPFc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/0OcHOBenPFc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Shortly afterwards, Coldplay started incorporating \"Heroes\" into their set on the regular, despite the fact that David Bowie had rejected an offer to collaborate with the band while he was still alive. \"One time I sent [Bowie] a song to ask him to sing on it,” Chris Martin told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406310/david-bowie-chris-martin-coldplay-collaborate-diss\">BBC Music Awards\u003c/a> in 2014. “He called me and said, 'It's not one of your best.' He's got very high standards and I appreciate that. It inspires the rest of us to keep our standards high.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the band ignoring Bowie's shade and paying tribute to him anyway:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/oOzplfOMKJ0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/oOzplfOMKJ0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>You'll notice at the beginning of that clip, Martin references not just Bowie, but Prince too. And literally one night after the above Bowie cover, the band got together with the host of \u003cem>The Late, Late Show\u003c/em> (and lover of his own singing voice) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JKCorden?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">James Corden\u003c/a> to do a rendition of \"Nothing Compares 2 U.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mak_Cu9Wl6w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mak_Cu9Wl6w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It could be argued that bringing a comedian onstage to pay tribute to a recently-deceased megastar, who was notoriously protective of how his music was presented, wasn't particularly sensitive. In life, Prince actively \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/07/10/princes-music-videos-are-back-online/\">removed even fan-generated videos\u003c/a> from the internet, so he may not have appreciated being covered by a chat show host at what was surely a still-solemn time for Prince's family, friends, and fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, at the 2017 BRIT Awards, two months after George Michael's death, Coldplay performed Wham!'s \"A Different Corner.\" It started beautifully enough, but, halfway through, unexpectedly turned into a duet with a video of George Michael also performing the song. Martin was visibly and genuinely emotional about the whole thing, but it undoubtedly bordered on the macabre.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/iPoKzxTS80g'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/iPoKzxTS80g'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It's not just deceased musicians Coldplay pay tribute to either. The day of Gene Wilder's death in 2016, the band worked \"Pure Imagination\" into the end of \"The Scientist\" at a concert in Denver.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/7yZCRsCfc5I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/7yZCRsCfc5I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It's fair to say that the members of Coldplay most probably have their hearts in the right place when they perform these tributes to their fellow fallen musicians. Audiences also often need that moment of catharsis to bid their heroes goodbye in the wake of a tragic death. But when there are this many tributes, and some of them are performed with a veneer of insensitivity, it is occasionally difficult not to question the band's motives. It's also now so unusual for Coldplay to skip a tribute, rightly or wrongly it's hard not to wonder why Chris Cornell, for example, didn't get one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, fans must trust that the band really do just want to honor their heroes; it would probably just mean more if they did it less often and with fewer comedians involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/95386/coldplay-cant-stop-covering-the-songs-of-the-recently-deceased","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_4"],"tags":["pop_2949","pop_323","pop_3026","pop_2756","pop_320","pop_1005","pop_3027","pop_1301","pop_529"],"featImg":"pop_95402","label":"pop"},"pop_80978":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_80978","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"80978","score":null,"sort":[1494968366000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"omg-lifetimes-michael-jackson-biopic-might-actually-be-good","title":"OMG, Lifetime's Michael Jackson Biopic Might Actually Be Good?","publishDate":1494968366,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>History tells us that when actors try and impersonate iconic pop stars for the purpose of television-based entertainment, the results are almost always cringe-worthy to the point of unwatchable. The more distinctive the real-life star, the worse it is when someone makes a TV movie of their life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, prepare to experience slack-jawed wonderment at the first trailer for Lifetime's upcoming MJ biopic, \u003cem>Michael Jackson:\u003c/em> \u003cem>Searching For Neverland, \u003c/em>because this thing might actually be kinda-sorta okay! (Bonus points to\u003cem> Lifetime\u003c/em> for casting Tyreese from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Walking Dead\u003c/a>\u003c/em> in it. We've missed you, \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170968/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Chad Coleman\u003c/a>...)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's quietly get our hopes up and avoid thinking about the inevitable disaster that will occur every time MJ impersonator, Navi, has to do a dance routine:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-iIqa3hcx0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In defense of this general sense of optimism, it should be noted that the whole super-offensive \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/13/outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it/\">Joseph Fiennes disaster\u003c/a> last year has left us with particularly low expectations for anything King of Pop-based. Maybe \u003cem>Searching For Neverland\u003c/em> looks cool just because \u003cem>Lifetime\u003c/em>'s previous music biopics have set such a low bar. The following didn't exactly set movie critics alight with praise:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5997492/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Britney Ever After\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2017)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_k5dhFsTo4&t=14s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/25/britney-spears-biopic\">\u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em>\u003c/a> said: \"Watching \u003cem>Britney Ever After\u003c/em> may be a strange experience, but as the woman herself says in one of her soliloquies: 'It’s really hard to know what to feel, but you’ve just gotta keep going.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442526/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Ring of Fire\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2013. That's right -- this Johnny and June Carter Cash biopic came eight years after the near-perfect \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Walk the Line\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Why bother?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMYvfopUy98\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"...so incomprehensible that it's, well, creepy,\" the \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2013/05/24/its-cash-poor/\">\u003cem>New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a> gushed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3750942/?ref_=ttsnd_snd_tt\">\u003cem>Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2015)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KczKwkusHtY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ultimately comes across a bit flat,\" the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lifetime-whitney-review-yaya-dacosta-20150116-column.html\">LA Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em> declared!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3823994/?ref_=nv_sr_2\">\u003cem>Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHrzUWemFw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A soulless, aimless look at the life of the singer,\" raved \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://deadline.com/2014/11/aaliyah-the-princess-of-rb-review-lifetime-wendy-williams-1201283491/\">Deadline\u003c/a>\u003c/em>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Michael Jackson:\u003c/em> \u003cem>Searching For Neverland \u003c/em> premieres May 29, 2017. Clear your calendars and buy some popcorn.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The person playing Michael Jackson actually kinda resembles Michael Jackson. It's a start!","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1494971057,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":377},"headData":{"title":"OMG, Lifetime's Michael Jackson Biopic Might Actually Be Good? | KQED","description":"The person playing Michael Jackson actually kinda resembles Michael Jackson. 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The more distinctive the real-life star, the worse it is when someone makes a TV movie of their life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, prepare to experience slack-jawed wonderment at the first trailer for Lifetime's upcoming MJ biopic, \u003cem>Michael Jackson:\u003c/em> \u003cem>Searching For Neverland, \u003c/em>because this thing might actually be kinda-sorta okay! (Bonus points to\u003cem> Lifetime\u003c/em> for casting Tyreese from \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Walking Dead\u003c/a>\u003c/em> in it. We've missed you, \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170968/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Chad Coleman\u003c/a>...)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's quietly get our hopes up and avoid thinking about the inevitable disaster that will occur every time MJ impersonator, Navi, has to do a dance routine:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/z-iIqa3hcx0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/z-iIqa3hcx0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In defense of this general sense of optimism, it should be noted that the whole super-offensive \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/13/outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it/\">Joseph Fiennes disaster\u003c/a> last year has left us with particularly low expectations for anything King of Pop-based. Maybe \u003cem>Searching For Neverland\u003c/em> looks cool just because \u003cem>Lifetime\u003c/em>'s previous music biopics have set such a low bar. The following didn't exactly set movie critics alight with praise:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5997492/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Britney Ever After\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2017)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Y_k5dhFsTo4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Y_k5dhFsTo4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/25/britney-spears-biopic\">\u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em>\u003c/a> said: \"Watching \u003cem>Britney Ever After\u003c/em> may be a strange experience, but as the woman herself says in one of her soliloquies: 'It’s really hard to know what to feel, but you’ve just gotta keep going.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442526/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Ring of Fire\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2013. That's right -- this Johnny and June Carter Cash biopic came eight years after the near-perfect \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Walk the Line\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Why bother?)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lMYvfopUy98'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lMYvfopUy98'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"...so incomprehensible that it's, well, creepy,\" the \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2013/05/24/its-cash-poor/\">\u003cem>New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a> gushed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3750942/?ref_=ttsnd_snd_tt\">\u003cem>Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2015)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/KczKwkusHtY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/KczKwkusHtY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"Ultimately comes across a bit flat,\" the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lifetime-whitney-review-yaya-dacosta-20150116-column.html\">LA Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em> declared!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3823994/?ref_=nv_sr_2\">\u003cem>Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2014)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoHrzUWemFw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoHrzUWemFw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"A soulless, aimless look at the life of the singer,\" raved \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://deadline.com/2014/11/aaliyah-the-princess-of-rb-review-lifetime-wendy-williams-1201283491/\">Deadline\u003c/a>\u003c/em>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Michael Jackson:\u003c/em> \u003cem>Searching For Neverland \u003c/em> premieres May 29, 2017. Clear your calendars and buy some popcorn.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/80978/omg-lifetimes-michael-jackson-biopic-might-actually-be-good","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_1301"],"featImg":"pop_81002","label":"pop"},"pop_58372":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_58372","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"58372","score":null,"sort":[1484337935000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it","title":"Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It","publishDate":1484337935,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>For an entire year now, widespread outrage has been bubbling up online over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes -- a man most of us associate with English period dramas, like his most famous film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33\">Shakespeare in Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em> -- as Michael Jackson in an upcoming TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last January, when very valid accusations of whitewashing first hit social media, Fiennes told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/180946_joseph_fiennes_shocked_he_was_cast_to_portray_michael_jackson/\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: \"I'm a white, middle-class guy from London. I’m as shocked as you may be,\" followed by a statement that Jackson \"was probably closer to my color than his original color\" because of a \"pigmentation issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, as photos emerged of what Fiennes looks like in full MJ make-up, the anger only increased from bloggers and fans, culminating in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thepetitionsite.com/712/071/341/\">petition to boycott\u003c/a> the show. Michael's daughter, \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/paris-jackson-is-not-happy-about-joseph-fiennes-s-portr-1791112588?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\">Paris, \u003c/a>also weighed in: \"I’m so incredibly offended by it, as i’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit. It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\" Michael's nephew, Taj, also referred to it as \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.eonline.com/news/821604/michael-jackson-s-nephew-taj-jackson-calls-joseph-fiennes-casting-blatant-disrespect\">blatant disrespect.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with this image, who could possibly blame them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-160x89.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-768x427.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1020x567.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1920x1067.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1180x656.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-960x533.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-672x372.png 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1038x576.png 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-240x133.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-375x208.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that, if the producers hadn't opted to cast a white Englishman in the role of Michael Jackson, it's probable that no one in America would have ever even heard about \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5320014/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2\">Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\u003c/a>.\" Not only is this thing not a biopic, it's not even a movie. \"Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\" is just an episode of a surrealist television series, titled \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/urban-myths\">Urban Myths\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, that will be aired on a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Arts\">relatively obscure\u003c/a> British cable channel named \u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts\">Sky Arts\u003c/a>. (\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. Similarly, while racism is definitely an issue when it comes to Fiennes' portrayal of Jackson in \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>, it's possible that this outcry is particularly inflamed because every time we see Jackson's surgery-ravaged face, we feel partially responsible for it. When a third party is mimicking it, it only entrenches the sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>’ decision to cast a white British man as Michael Jackson was undoubtedly a cynical one, designed to garner maximum publicity. Our willingness to respond with such outrage isn't just predictable, it also somehow misses the bigger picture.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, on the depiction: \"It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\"","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1484337935,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":958},"headData":{"title":"Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It | KQED","description":"Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, on the depiction: "It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting."","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It","datePublished":"2017-01-13T20:05:35.000Z","dateModified":"2017-01-13T20:05:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"58372 http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=58372","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/13/outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it/","disqusTitle":"Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It","path":"/pop/58372/outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For an entire year now, widespread outrage has been bubbling up online over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes -- a man most of us associate with English period dramas, like his most famous film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33\">Shakespeare in Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em> -- as Michael Jackson in an upcoming TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last January, when very valid accusations of whitewashing first hit social media, Fiennes told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/180946_joseph_fiennes_shocked_he_was_cast_to_portray_michael_jackson/\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: \"I'm a white, middle-class guy from London. I’m as shocked as you may be,\" followed by a statement that Jackson \"was probably closer to my color than his original color\" because of a \"pigmentation issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, as photos emerged of what Fiennes looks like in full MJ make-up, the anger only increased from bloggers and fans, culminating in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thepetitionsite.com/712/071/341/\">petition to boycott\u003c/a> the show. Michael's daughter, \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/paris-jackson-is-not-happy-about-joseph-fiennes-s-portr-1791112588?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\">Paris, \u003c/a>also weighed in: \"I’m so incredibly offended by it, as i’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit. It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\" Michael's nephew, Taj, also referred to it as \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.eonline.com/news/821604/michael-jackson-s-nephew-taj-jackson-calls-joseph-fiennes-casting-blatant-disrespect\">blatant disrespect.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with this image, who could possibly blame them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-160x89.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-768x427.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1020x567.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1920x1067.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1180x656.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-960x533.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-672x372.png 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1038x576.png 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-240x133.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-375x208.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that, if the producers hadn't opted to cast a white Englishman in the role of Michael Jackson, it's probable that no one in America would have ever even heard about \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5320014/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2\">Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\u003c/a>.\" Not only is this thing not a biopic, it's not even a movie. \"Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\" is just an episode of a surrealist television series, titled \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/urban-myths\">Urban Myths\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, that will be aired on a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Arts\">relatively obscure\u003c/a> British cable channel named \u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts\">Sky Arts\u003c/a>. (\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. Similarly, while racism is definitely an issue when it comes to Fiennes' portrayal of Jackson in \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>, it's possible that this outcry is particularly inflamed because every time we see Jackson's surgery-ravaged face, we feel partially responsible for it. When a third party is mimicking it, it only entrenches the sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>’ decision to cast a white British man as Michael Jackson was undoubtedly a cynical one, designed to garner maximum publicity. Our willingness to respond with such outrage isn't just predictable, it also somehow misses the bigger picture.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/58372/outraged-by-joseph-fiennes-playing-michael-jackson-tv-producers-were-banking-on-it","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_4","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_1301"],"featImg":"pop_58473","label":"pop"},"pop_16314":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_16314","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"16314","score":null,"sort":[1431478962000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"this-supercut-of-every-michael-jackson-grunt-will-terrify-and-delight-you","title":"This Supercut of Every Michael Jackson Grunt Will Terrify and Delight You","publishDate":1431478962,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Every time you think the Internet couldn't possibly get any better, some meme or supercut emerges and proves you wrong. This time it's a compilation by YouTube user \u003ca class=\"spf-link branded-page-header-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink\" title=\"michaelm2391\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelm2391\">michaelm2391\u003c/a>, who decided to stitch together every musical grunt and whimper uttered by Michael Jackson. The result is equal parts hilarious and first-scene-of-\u003cem>Scream\u003c/em> frightening. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c\" target=\"_blank\">Like Jessie Spano\u003c/a>, you will be so excited and then so scared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e62M-5-7ajY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Like Jessie Spano, you will be so excited and then so scared.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1431478962,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":3,"wordCount":81},"headData":{"title":"This Supercut of Every Michael Jackson Grunt Will Terrify and Delight You | KQED","description":"Like Jessie Spano, you will be so excited and then so scared.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"This Supercut of Every Michael Jackson Grunt Will Terrify and Delight You","datePublished":"2015-05-13T01:02:42.000Z","dateModified":"2015-05-13T01:02:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"16314 http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=16314","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/12/this-supercut-of-every-michael-jackson-grunt-will-terrify-and-delight-you/","disqusTitle":"This Supercut of Every Michael Jackson Grunt Will Terrify and Delight You","path":"/pop/16314/this-supercut-of-every-michael-jackson-grunt-will-terrify-and-delight-you","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Every time you think the Internet couldn't possibly get any better, some meme or supercut emerges and proves you wrong. 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The result is equal parts hilarious and first-scene-of-\u003cem>Scream\u003c/em> frightening. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c\" target=\"_blank\">Like Jessie Spano\u003c/a>, you will be so excited and then so scared.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/e62M-5-7ajY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/e62M-5-7ajY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/16314/this-supercut-of-every-michael-jackson-grunt-will-terrify-and-delight-you","authors":["27"],"categories":["pop_4"],"tags":["pop_1301"],"featImg":"pop_16320","label":"pop"},"pop_10072":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_10072","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"10072","score":null,"sort":[1386604880000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-lost-art-of-music-video-morphing","title":"The Lost Art of Music Video Morphing","publishDate":1386604880,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10108\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10108\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10108\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/bjork-hunter.jpg\" alt=\"bjork-hunter\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/bjork-hunter.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/bjork-hunter-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjork just being Bjork in the \"Hunter\" music video\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like most kids growing up in the '80s and '90s, I watched music videos non-stop. I have a secret timeline in my head of what was number one on VH1’s countdown as opposed to TRL. I could practically write out the storyboard of most videos from 1995 to 2005 shot by shot. Videos for me weren’t so much advertisements for music (which essentially they really are) as they were miniature visual fantasies of the impossible. The videos that captured me most were the ones that used technology and mind-blowing conceptual ideas (at least for a teenager) that made the song much more than just pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter, Michael Jackson’s “Black or White.” If not spectacular enough with MJ killing it while dancing with people from all over the world, the last minute of the video features faces of lots of races and genders jamming to the song and morphing into each other. The technology was so new at the time that it sent shivers down my spine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/F2AitTPI5U0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>During the next 10 to 15 years, the use of morphing in music videos skyrocketed. All of the hottest directors from Hype Willams to Mark Romanec and Chris Cunningham jumped on the bandwagon. Sometimes high budget (some of the videos in this article are among \u003ca href=\"http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-09-26/25-most-expensive-music-videos/\">the most expensive videos ever made\u003c/a>) and sometimes low (editors just spliced scenes together), the effect was used to change the images of our favorite pop stars right before our eyes. Here are some of the highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0Gl2QnHNpkA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>What’s swoonier than a young Nick Carter with a middle-parted bowl cut? A young Nick Carter morphing into Kevin Richardson morphing into Howie Dorough, of course. And in the Backstreet Boys’ video for “As Long As You Love Me,” it was as easy as clicking a TV remote. The boys keep turning into each other, which makes it so much harder to really decide that age old question: which BSB is my favorite?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/TWZKw_MgUPI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, the other boy band, ‘N Sync (or is BSB the other boy band? but that’s another discussion entirely) had to show off their morphing skills in their \"Pop\" video clip. They bust some classic early 2000s dance moves during the mid-song break down, including the always sexy high-plank-hip-thrust, all the while changing in the blink of an eye from one outfit to another. The dancing and the instantaneous costume changes embodies everything that is pop: fast, luxurious, excessive, ephemeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/K4gcQj_NZ30\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Morphing wasn’t just a boy’s game. Mya’s video for \"My Love is Like Whoa\" features her in an Adidas running getup that changes from blue to red and back to blue as she uses her tightest dance moves to prove what her love is like. This clip only pulls the morphing off thanks to great editing and Mya’s precise dancing skills because it’s clear that director, Paul Hunter, didn’t use any fancy technology, but the effect is the same: pop stars have a huge wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0P4A1K4lXDo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/RGc79llajx4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Not only Michael, but the whole family got in on the morphing trend during the '90s. Michael indoctrinated Janet into the fold in their epic \"Scream\" short film. Everything morphs into everything: Michael into Janet, Warhol into Pollock, Buddha into Magritte. The Jacksons had the power to have whatever they wanted and, when they got tired of it, they could just turn it into something else. Janet used the technique again in her collaboration with Busta Rhymes, \"What’s It Gonna Be?” Rhymes and an entire marching band morph out of a silver water wall à la Alex Mack in order to parade around a purple leather-clad Janet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/XS088Opj9o0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Madonna’s \"Frozen\" shows that morphing isn’t just about excess and showing off how many styles you can flaunt in one video. Her spooky and contemplative clip demonstrates that not only can she wear whatever she wants, but she can be anything she wants. She morphs into a flock of ravens and into different versions of herself just to prove that she will always be the baddest witch in the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3CBVtC-Y3ek\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>But let’s be honest; when I think of morphing, I only think of one video: Bjork’s \"Hunter.\" The image of a stripped down, bald Bjork slowing turning into a struggling polar bear will forever be imprinted on my brain. I think it’s the most powerful example of the technique because it speaks to the transformative power of pop music. This is why we listen to it, for just a few moments to be someone or something that we’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that morphing technology has improved over the last decade and it is constantly used in movies and TV shows, music videos feature it less and less, probably due to decreased video budgets and declining record sales. It’s a shame to see such a dazzling technique fall to the wayside in favor of twerking and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4VQoP2_eL4\">metallic lip gloss\u003c/a>. Please add recent examples or your own favorites in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The face morphing technology made famous by Michael Jackson's \"Black or White\" music video inspired a trend during the '90s and early 2000s. 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I have a secret timeline in my head of what was number one on VH1’s countdown as opposed to TRL. I could practically write out the storyboard of most videos from 1995 to 2005 shot by shot. Videos for me weren’t so much advertisements for music (which essentially they really are) as they were miniature visual fantasies of the impossible. The videos that captured me most were the ones that used technology and mind-blowing conceptual ideas (at least for a teenager) that made the song much more than just pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter, Michael Jackson’s “Black or White.” If not spectacular enough with MJ killing it while dancing with people from all over the world, the last minute of the video features faces of lots of races and genders jamming to the song and morphing into each other. The technology was so new at the time that it sent shivers down my spine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/F2AitTPI5U0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>During the next 10 to 15 years, the use of morphing in music videos skyrocketed. All of the hottest directors from Hype Willams to Mark Romanec and Chris Cunningham jumped on the bandwagon. Sometimes high budget (some of the videos in this article are among \u003ca href=\"http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-09-26/25-most-expensive-music-videos/\">the most expensive videos ever made\u003c/a>) and sometimes low (editors just spliced scenes together), the effect was used to change the images of our favorite pop stars right before our eyes. Here are some of the highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0Gl2QnHNpkA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>What’s swoonier than a young Nick Carter with a middle-parted bowl cut? A young Nick Carter morphing into Kevin Richardson morphing into Howie Dorough, of course. And in the Backstreet Boys’ video for “As Long As You Love Me,” it was as easy as clicking a TV remote. 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This clip only pulls the morphing off thanks to great editing and Mya’s precise dancing skills because it’s clear that director, Paul Hunter, didn’t use any fancy technology, but the effect is the same: pop stars have a huge wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0P4A1K4lXDo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/RGc79llajx4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Not only Michael, but the whole family got in on the morphing trend during the '90s. Michael indoctrinated Janet into the fold in their epic \"Scream\" short film. Everything morphs into everything: Michael into Janet, Warhol into Pollock, Buddha into Magritte. The Jacksons had the power to have whatever they wanted and, when they got tired of it, they could just turn it into something else. Janet used the technique again in her collaboration with Busta Rhymes, \"What’s It Gonna Be?” Rhymes and an entire marching band morph out of a silver water wall à la Alex Mack in order to parade around a purple leather-clad Janet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/XS088Opj9o0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Madonna’s \"Frozen\" shows that morphing isn’t just about excess and showing off how many styles you can flaunt in one video. Her spooky and contemplative clip demonstrates that not only can she wear whatever she wants, but she can be anything she wants. She morphs into a flock of ravens and into different versions of herself just to prove that she will always be the baddest witch in the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3CBVtC-Y3ek\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>But let’s be honest; when I think of morphing, I only think of one video: Bjork’s \"Hunter.\" The image of a stripped down, bald Bjork slowing turning into a struggling polar bear will forever be imprinted on my brain. I think it’s the most powerful example of the technique because it speaks to the transformative power of pop music. This is why we listen to it, for just a few moments to be someone or something that we’re not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that morphing technology has improved over the last decade and it is constantly used in movies and TV shows, music videos feature it less and less, probably due to decreased video budgets and declining record sales. It’s a shame to see such a dazzling technique fall to the wayside in favor of twerking and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4VQoP2_eL4\">metallic lip gloss\u003c/a>. Please add recent examples or your own favorites in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/10072/the-lost-art-of-music-video-morphing","authors":["2523"],"categories":["pop_4"],"tags":["pop_353","pop_1398","pop_464","pop_1400","pop_484","pop_1301","pop_52","pop_25","pop_26","pop_1399","pop_1397"],"featImg":"pop_10108","label":"pop"},"pop_9062":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_9062","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"9062","score":null,"sort":[1381945751000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance","title":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance","publishDate":1381945751,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NT1tZmGvFfY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If the Fraggles were successful in getting just one message across to their audience, it was this: “dance your cares away/worries for another day.” The residents of Fraggle Rock, early adopters of the concept of positive manifestation, fully embraced the healing power of dance. Rather than reaching for the booze bottle as a coping mechanism, the Fraggles (and gaggles of others) reach for their dancing shoes. Even your health professional will tell you, when you’re having a tough time exercise is key. So what better exercise than one that makes you sweat and lets you express yourself? Dancing is magnificent, always working to help you increase your flexibility, your strength, your endurance and your sense of well-being, but also encouraging you to feel rhythm, let go, and just be yourself. Dance is transformative. An excellent way to cure what ails ya, from job frustrations to love woes, dance will save the day. It’s a problem solver, is what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bored Silly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too much time on your hands? Not a problem at all, sir. Just put your focus on dance. You don’t have to prove anything other than your desire to break the monotony. Gather a group of your equally bored companions, maybe a few kids, too, and start choreographing your flash mob. If you do it right you will not only blow unsuspecting people’s minds, you’ll have fun as well. Bonus points for dancing to a musical medley and for being able to complete your choreography without intervention from the “authorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ROPesXv2z1U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Feeling Less Than Adequate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is your looming high school reunion sending you down a psychotic spiral of StairMasters and tanning beds, forcing you to question your self-worth as you measure yourself against your perceived success of your former classmates? Stop the insanity. Those jerks aren’t worth all that strife and you’re too awesome to let them get under your skin. Be brave, be bold, and show them who you really are. There’s no better way to do this than clearing a circle in the middle of the floor and dancing your heart out to your favorite song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/wPTUpn9ait8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Career Facing Obscurity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">If you’re a formerly successful Hollywood celebrity whose career hasn’t necessarily lived up to it’s potential, your fastest way back in the limelight these days is through dance. Slip into a slinky outfit and head for the ballroom on \u003cem>Dancing With the Stars\u003c/em>. This will allow you back into the living rooms (and hearts) of millions of Americans as well as rejuvenate your career. Not to mention you’ll probably slim down while you’re sassing it up. It’s win, win, win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Yvcw6LQhUno\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Boss Just Doesn’t Understand\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes jobs can be real soul-suckers. When your boss doesn’t understand the toll his demands are taking on your sanity and he won’t listen to reason, you”ll have to show him what you mean. No one can ignore a mid-office dance performance before their very eyes. Tap dancing about the issue may prove to be more effective than tap dancing around it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Z6nDsLx98SI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Family Still Sees You As A Child\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But Mom, I’m an adult!” you shout as you stamp your feet. Still, your point isn’t really getting across. You need to take matters into your own hands. You need to dance about it. Once your loved ones catch a glimpse of your focus, passion and unbridled determination, they’ll be sure to treat you with the respect you deserve. If you play your cards right you’ll also earn the love and adoration of your sexy dance instructor. So get up there and, as my high school dance coach would say, dance it full out!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/l9BbUqHrWFI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bullies Got Ya Down\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone knows its just not cool to be a bully, but that doesn’t seem to stop them. Even as grown-ups we can’t always escape their low-level tactics. But no matter, we have the power of dance on our side. Next time a tough guy corners you for being on his turf, don’t shy away, step right up and dance in his face! Scare him away with your rhythm, showin’ how funky strong is your fight. Cause it doesn’t matter who's wrong or right as long as you’re dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRdxUFDoQe0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You Have To Entertain Your Boss’ Wife\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re just meeting an important someone for the first time the pressure to make a decent first impression is palpable. IF you find yourself running out of topics for conversation, you can always break the ice by entering a dance competition. Nothing helps two people get to know each other better than shaking their moneymakers for an audience of diner patrons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3VKK2mskvtg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You’re Stuck in a Bar Full of Bikers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suddenly find yourself in a room full of people to whom you cannot relate, consider utilizing dance to bridge your gaps. Though drawing attention to yourself may not initially seem smart, it’s likely your best bet. Jump on the bar and wiggle it around. If for some reason that doesn’t work, start to break stuff too, but don’t stop dancing. You’ll get their attention alright, and soon they’ll be laughing and dancing along with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/BodXwAYeTfM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get out there and dance, you maniacs!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Dancing isn't just fun, it's also an all-star way to solve all that ails you.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1382053404,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":950},"headData":{"title":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance | KQED","description":"Dancing isn't just fun, it's also an all-star way to solve all that ails you.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance","datePublished":"2013-10-16T17:49:11.000Z","dateModified":"2013-10-17T23:43:24.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"9062 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=9062","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/16/8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance/","disqusTitle":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance","path":"/pop/9062/8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NT1tZmGvFfY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If the Fraggles were successful in getting just one message across to their audience, it was this: “dance your cares away/worries for another day.” The residents of Fraggle Rock, early adopters of the concept of positive manifestation, fully embraced the healing power of dance. Rather than reaching for the booze bottle as a coping mechanism, the Fraggles (and gaggles of others) reach for their dancing shoes. Even your health professional will tell you, when you’re having a tough time exercise is key. So what better exercise than one that makes you sweat and lets you express yourself? Dancing is magnificent, always working to help you increase your flexibility, your strength, your endurance and your sense of well-being, but also encouraging you to feel rhythm, let go, and just be yourself. Dance is transformative. An excellent way to cure what ails ya, from job frustrations to love woes, dance will save the day. It’s a problem solver, is what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bored Silly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too much time on your hands? Not a problem at all, sir. Just put your focus on dance. You don’t have to prove anything other than your desire to break the monotony. 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