Michael Jackson Biopic Skips Controversies

0:00It's April 24th. From red carpets to breaking stories, this is entertainment in celebrity news powered by AI. The new Michael Jackson biopic, dropping April 24th, is catching heat for dodging the tough parts of his life. It spotlights his Jackson five days and solo rise up to the mid-1980s, but skips ugly stuff like child abuse allegations and how he taunted his little sister Janet growing up. It opened up in her 2022 documentary about Michael teasing her hard, calling her names when she was just 11 and landing her role. On good times. That sparked her weight struggles and body image issues early on as she dealt with emotional eating and even binding her chest to look flatter. Critics are ripping the film for being too safe and bland, like a daytime TV special that ignores the real Michael. One reviewer called it out for not facing his controversies, especially since family and close associates produced it. Actor Coleman Domingo, playing their tough dad Joe Jackson, defended by saying the movie

1:00zeroes in on Michael's music beginnings before the 19. 93 claims hit. He hints a sequel might tackle the darker allegations later. Janet herself stood by her brother, saying he just didn't have that kind of cruelty in him amid the lawsuits that settle for 23 million. Dollars in 1994 and his 2005 acquittal. She's not in the film either. Having politely turned down the offer, leaving fans to debate how to honor icons without the full truth.