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The Complexity of Michael Jackson's Backstory
The documentary Leaving Neverland, where two men accusing Michael Jackson of child abuse. So these allegations coming up again, that was extremely uncomfortable for his fans. But what makes it complicated is that a lot of fans of Michael Jackson were drawn to him originally because of his backstory of being persecuted and heavily criticized in the media. And so they had that and then these allegations came up - you can sort of understand why then they didn't rush to embrace the media's line on that as it would have been like they were surrendering a betraying star.
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