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As I, hesitantly, watched this 'documentary', I thought of what would be revealed that was not revealed while Jackson was alive and performing. Amazingly, it's been over 20 years since the events described, and the pretense is that there is some grand conspiracy thanks to money and power (yeah, like the New World Order kind or the Bilderbergers...or even Weinstein or Cosby or the many government and corporate leaders involved in child exploitation...or, dare I say, the churches...that type of money and power). There have been investigations, trials, etc and they yielded no proof, just suggestion and circumstantial assumptions. The guy was 'weird', by most accounts, admired for his abilities since he was a child, and have had multitudes who have denied that he was the kind of monster this film projects. Now, oddly enough, 10 years after his death, the flood gates open. In a culture where some have the upper hand in all phases of our shared reality, economically, socially, racially, sexually (gender),..etc, some can can create a documentaries, write books and articles, tweet, twitter and whatever else, to a hopeful audience desperate for truth and to understand of what 'weird', in this case, meant. We could get into the history of America's extreme racially disparate response of black rule-breaking, but, for most, we shouldn't have to go that far. Just wanted to mention because, if one only gets a slap on the wrist when they digress, they may do it again (i.e police shootings of unarmed, defenseless people) or several years in prison (i.e assault of minor or murder (sometimes). Usually, the severity of punishment inhibits ones interest in 'rule-breaking'. A black man molesting young white kids, in front of the world,....YIKES! Of this racial dynamic, I suppose, numbers-wise, mainly young white kids had the opportunity to be put in the position to be front row at Jackson concerts and to share his social environment. Heck, who has the money to see Jackson in concert anyways...and, to be accessible to 'The Prince of Pop' (not to be mistaken for 'The King'). Not just accessible, but intimate...as in 'He was like one of the family' intimate. I suppose when you have resources (money, power, fame, etc), it's pretty easy to co-adopt people. 'Fake news!' Trump, besides creating it, said it himself. 'Fake News!', and, sadly enough, the masses eat it up. We love it. We don't have to think much when, by all indications, everything we read, saw, heard, and tasted points to one conclusion....um...ok, maybe with a slight possibility of a different result. Pseudo-news and gossip and opinion makes up a giant share of what we are fed daily. Hey, it pays the bills for them and, they are owned by elites and government, act as propaganda tool. I think I understand. Now that Jackson has passed away, the controller of the propaganda tool called media (determiners of public opinion), this is a good time for those who have been assaulted, to rise up and to be heard. To create a documentary that simply says...'I was assaulted!', 'he was assaulted!', 'my child was assaulted!', and present it to a culture that wants to know more about this guy, from people we historically and socially trust more than anyone else, to see if weird is what we think it is, then to allow the media to create a feeding frenzy off of the chum is questionable...dare I say, kind of 'weird'. Why would they want to go through this or why come out with it now? Could be...literally millions of reasons, however, I understand there is money to be made from everyone, producers, industry who couldn't afford to lose the revenues from such a talent as Jackson, so they did everything they could to hide, protect, shield, etc him from being found out. But how do you do that? Anyway, if these claims are 'fake' or even partially true, but 'embellished' for the sake of slander, then...who would be the rule-breaker, and what should their punishment be?

This is a great movie. At a time when there is obvious disillusionment about the state of, not just the United States and all of its historical dysfunction, but humanity in general. Obviously, for some, it's easier to simply dismiss any critique of Trump as 'conspiracy' and criticize Moore for carrying political luggage, but, ignorance and insecurity aside, every subject, every interview, every observation, every human interaction in this movie was as real as they come. It's not like people are play acting. Moore has a beautiful style that connects with the rational, sensing, feeling, thinking individual who, despite attempts to alienate from, connect to other individuals on this planet who truly understand that value of life, and the worth of people. Bravo Michael for another masterpiece!!

I find it hard to take this series and the character seriously. The dialog feels so contrived. Sandra oh sounds like some Americanized Asian woman, complete with its ditzy and trite, yet completely figured out, over-reacting, self-absorbed, ever oscillating approach to problem solving. In some instances, like a hyperactive teenager stimulated by her morning caffeine, and in other instances, completely under control and normal. When she isn't acting the aforementioned, she bearable. Her role as Eve seems especially pretentious because there is nothing really linking her and the psychopathic Jodie Comer. Their whole relationship seems like a contrivance. Many of the characters, including the Russian ones, feel like caricatures. Some might like the ditzy, stream of conscious generated humor this show offers, but to me, the feel is pop culture at it's most meaningless.