BlackLagoon
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Michael Jackson to be played by a white actor.
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Danis Saur
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I'm calling it, a new meme will be born.
Someone's gonna screen shot a specific scene with this abomination, and you'll be seeing it for a whole month...
Someone's gonna screen shot a specific scene with this abomination, and you'll be seeing it for a whole month...
SolidChamp
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If you look at his face it really didn't change that much. Makeup and the straight hair gave made a huge difference in the perception. His discoid lupus caused his nose to never heal from the initial surgeries and as a result he was constantly losing tissue - yes, it was actually deteriorating and it was probably humiliating. He was actually building up his nose in 2009 using tissue from his ear. I don't know why he went with straight hair in his final years but he had to wear a wig anyway because of the Pepsi commercial injury, which was followed by a lot of botched surgeries to fix it and excruciating pain. Maybe it protected his skin better from the sun because with vitiligo he was more susceptible to skin cancer, I don't know.
I think under the circumstances MJ looked pretty good and I'm never going to judge him for how his looks changed.
I really appreciate this post.
Piston Hyundai
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man this trent reznor biopic is going to be on point
wait, what
wait, what
Chuck Norris
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I think he never would have bleached his skin if not for vitiligo. But I also think there is some level of commitment that went into changing his features to be more white once he had started on that path
SporeCrawler
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What an insult
soundscream
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After watching the trailer, I'm ok with this. Its so obviously absurd non of this should be taken seriously.
Just watched the trailer, you're absolutely right LOL. Carry on then, Brits.
This shit could end up being hilarious.
they wanted something as bizarre and creepy as the actual michael jackson, maybe?
Get Roman Polanski to direct the neverland ranch scenes.
wumster3000
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I would immediately back out of this film. This is a career ender. No part of this is a good thing.
Struggling to come to terms with a bit of eccentricity, are we?
Dubbedinenglish
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That paycheck better be good lmao.
not sure why but this is a really humanizing photo of MJ. maybe it's just that i've never really seen him in a plain top, not striking a pose or anything. also because it's a high res image of a time before he had drastic work done to his face, and well he just looks like a guy. i grew up a big fan of MJ and he's always just sort of been other worldly, but in this pic he looks like someone I'd see down the street.He actually kind of looks like him there, except for the eyebrows and obviously skin colour.
Celebrities with too much money overdoing plastic surgery is not unheard of.
He said in interviews that he's black and proud of being black.
I'm guessing that this is some crap about western beauty standards being oriented towards white people or something like that.
Seriously, what the fuck
dammit you guys I can't even get to end of this fucking thread cuz I'm dying over here ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soundscream
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TatteredHat
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Thank god.
Joseph Fiennes cannot catch a break, can he?
old manatee
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Still looks better than digital Carrie Fisher.
Getting cancelled was probably better for his career.
Twilight Gap
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Thats bullshit.
Megawarrior
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I low key thought that was actually michael back then.Damn, even Scary Movie 3 did a better job
I don't get the response in here. Sure, the show itself might be funny, but this portrayal of him in this episode is fucking horrendously disrespectful. Dude looks nothing like him and I'm not sure it's time to make light of his death given the context. If it were a serious/respectful portrayal, and his family was cool with it, that would make sense.
It's telling that his family didn't want this to happen.
Bizarre decision all around to even begin this project..
It's telling that his family didn't want this to happen.
Bizarre decision all around to even begin this project..
TabletopTictacs
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I read the OP as Samuel L Jackson and thought it sounded like the best thing of all time.
Ninja Scooter
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This thing will go in the vault next to that Jerry Lewis holocaust movie
CNN also has a quote from Jackson, via Oprah in 1993:
"Why would I want a white child to play me? I'm a black American. I'm proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am."
I mean, either way, it was a hack job of an attempt to portray MJ based on "comical" circumstances. I don't see why his family wouldn't be horrified.
"Why would I want a white child to play me? I'm a black American. I'm proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am."
I mean, either way, it was a hack job of an attempt to portray MJ based on "comical" circumstances. I don't see why his family wouldn't be horrified.
The Albatross
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Oh... this is like... a comedy. I had no idea.
Puts into perspective just how incredibly stupid the idea was.
lightskintwin
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I mean given the popularity of Michael Jackson and cultural impact he had, I'm not.
obin_gam
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5 minutes in and this is horrific lol. Who could have ever thought this would work.
no one can convince me this wasn't The Producers level of shenanigans
He looks like fucking Noel Fielding.
They really should have replaced Fiennes when the initial upset happened before filming began.
If they ever make a good Michael Jackson movie I actually wouldn't mind if he was CGI Rogue One style but better. I can't think of anyone who looks like him even during his Thriller days.
If they ever make a good Michael Jackson movie I actually wouldn't mind if he was CGI Rogue One style but better. I can't think of anyone who looks like him even during his Thriller days.
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