'Leaving Neverland' director: Michael Jackson biopic 'flips the truth'
Dan Reed, whose 2019 HBO documentary featured Wade Robson and James Safechuck accusing Jackson of grooming and sexually abusing them as children, told Variety that Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael” fails to honestly portray the late singer or meaningfully grapple with his alleged conduct.
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The director of “Leaving Neverland” watched the new Michael Jackson biopic, and he didn’t hold back. Dan Reed, whose 2019 HBO documentary featured Wade Robson and James Safechuck accusing Mr. Jackson of grooming and sexually abusing them as children, told Variety that Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael” fails to honestly portray the late singer or meaningfully grapple with his alleged conduct. “The first part of Michael as a child, I could kind of buy that,” Mr. Reed said. “But as soon as we go to the adult Jackson, played by his nephew Jaafar, that burst my bubble. I thought, he’s a great dancer, but his performance is very wooden, and one of the reasons for that is he didn’t have much of a script to work with.” Mr. Reed said the film reduces Mr.
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