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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nesrine Malik

BIZARRE: How michael jackson s tarnished image is being cannily rehabilitated - What They Never Told You

Jaafar Jackson as Michael on the set of the thriller video in the film.
Sidelining difficult conversations … Jaafar Jackson as the singer in a scene re-creating the famous Thriller video. Photograph: Lionsgate/PA

The release of Michael has triggered what can only be described as mass hysteria in some quarters. I looked on in bewilderment as the reception to the film seemed to entirely erase child abuse allegations against the artist, as well as launder almost every aspect of his life beyond that.

This week, I look into what seems like a new generation’s discovery of Jackson, and his rehabilitation through a strange online obsession.

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