"In fact, the accusations happened during the production, which was called off when the first media reports about Jordan Chandler came out," he added. Neyfakh calls the video a "forgotten artifact" - and says what's most striking about it is that it was made before anyone had accused Jackson of anything. A mob of angry parents goes after him with pitchforks. In the film, Jackson plays a strange man in a haunted house, accused of scaring children from the nearby town with his magic and jokes. One of the central storylines of that first episode is a short film called "Is This Scary," which Jackson co-authored with horror writer Stephen King but never released (though parts are still viewable on YouTube).
"The meteoric rise and the incredible cultural status, but then also this tragic and difficult period that followed where, regardless of what you thought about the allegations, you couldn't really look at him the same way." "In 1993 you see both sides of the Michael story," Neyfakh says. He was at the height of his fame - "he was as big as he'd ever been" - when he had the first allegations of child sexual abuse leveled against him.
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The series starts in 1993, what the hosts consider the middle of Jackson's story. "This is as much a story about us and about how American culture works, how global culture works, and how history and memory work, as much as it is a story about Michael himself," he adds.Īudible and Wondery All 10 episodes will be available on Audible and ad-free for Prime members on the Amazon Music app as of Thursday. It's not a biography of Jackson, says Neyfakh, "rather a social history about the world he operated in and the people who loved him and the consumers of his art." Listeners will hear from over 100 people who played some part in Jackson's story, Smooth told Morning Edition: musicians who came up with him in Gary, Ind., and fans who showed up to support him at trial. The series explores Jackson's staying power despite the disturbing allegations, offering new perspectives on how he was shaped by American culture and vice versa.
The name is a lyric from Jackson's hit song "Billie Jean." The result is "Think Twice: Michael Jackson," a 10-part podcast from Audible and Wondery that will be available exclusively on Audible and Amazon Music on Thursday. "And it might not be like breaking news, but it goes some way towards bringing back to life a story that, in many cases, has sort of calcified or become frozen in amber over time." "If you make an effort to see the story with fresh eyes and talk to people who watched it unfold from up close, but who haven't necessarily been interviewed a million times, you're going to end up surfacing so much that's going to feel new to most of your listeners," says Neyfakh, who hosts the podcast Fiasco and hosted the first two seasons of Slow Burn, about Watergate and the Clinton impeachment. They resurfaced prominently in the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, in which two men share their stories of allegedly being sexually abused by the singer as children (which his estate denies).īut even though much has already been said about the singer and his complicated legacy, journalist Leon Neyfakh and hip-hop commentator Jay Smooth wanted to take another look.
Sexual abuse accusations, investigations and lawsuits against the "King of Pop" date back decades. More than a decade after his death, Michael Jackson continues to inspire new art - from a hit Broadway show to an upcoming biopic - in spite of the decades of controversy that have plagued him.
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