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Is This Scary? | 1

Think Twice: Michael Jackson

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The Importance of Art Imitating Life

Shana Mangatal remembers experiencing the fallout from her seat at Michael's manager's office. Paramount Pictures never admitted they pulled the plug on Is This Scary because of the allegations. On November 19, 1993, Paramount released the Addams Family Values movie with no promotional video by Michael Jackson attached. Instead, the movie featured a joke at Michael's expense in which one of the characters sees a poster of Michael and starts screaming.

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