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<i>Michael Jackson's Boys</i>

Michael Jackson's Boys

2005 TV interview documentary film

Michael Jackson's Boys (broadcast in the U.S as a Primetime Live special titled, Michael Jackson's Secret World) Is a 2005 TV documentary made by Tiger Aspect Productions, and first aired in the UK on Channel 4 in January 2005 narrated by Mark Strong and later on ABC in the U.S. in February 2005 with narration by Martin Bashir, the U.S. version also featured addition interviews not shown in the British version that increased the length of the documentary for an additional hour.[1] The documentary was released just prior to the Trial of Michael Jackson,[2] and it focuses on a "supposed history"[2] of Michael Jackson's interest in boys.[3][2]

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The film consists mostly of new interviews with people close to Jackson and archive footage.[citation needed] Some of the participants were given "compensation" for their interviews.[4] The U.S. version aired a disclaimer saying that while some of the interviews in the British version received compensation, no payment had been rendered for the interviews in the additional hour of footage.

Cast

Reception

Susan Hidalgo and Robert G. Weiner of Texas Tech University assume that the film "uses hearsay, insinuations, and assumptions" and effects and music for creating "a sense of danger and fear".[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Jules Grant (24 Feb 2005). "RDFR picks up Jacko's Boys". c21media.net.
  2. [2]
    Debbie Epstein; Deborah Lynn Steinberg (2007). "The Face of Ruin: Evidentiary Spectacle and the Trial of Michael Jackson". Social Semiotics. 17 (4): 441–458. doi:10.1080/10350330701637049. S2CID 146780924.
  3. [3]
    Darwin Porter (2007). Jacko: His Rise and Fall: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson. Blood Moon Productions, Limited. p. 315. ISBN 9780974811857.
  4. [4]
    Heffernan, Virginia (2005-02-19). "Rehashing Old Secrets, With Little New to Tell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. [5]
    Susan Hidalgo, Robert G. Weiner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’: MJ in the Scholarly Literature: A Selected Bibliographic Guide”
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