Behind Jacko's madness
Michael Jackson: What Really Happened, showing October 24th on Channel 4 at 10:00pm
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This revealing and gripping documentary has received strong critical acclaim. Writer - and Michael Jackson fan - Jacques Peretti - had a legal minefield to negotiate to get to the former pop star and made himself seriously ill in the process, but the results are fascinating.
Two years ago Jackson was acquitted of child molestation, but instead of returning to his Neverland home, he disappeared. Peretti wanted to find out why, and in so doing, get to the truth of what really drove Jackson to such spectacular self-destruction. Peretti tracks down the people inside the Jackson story who have never agreed to talk on camera before, including Bob Jones, his manager and right-hand man of 17 years; and Victor Guttierez, the investigative reporter who first uncovered allegations of child abuse and subsequently fled the US. They talk frankly about the details of the darkest moments in Jackson's life.
What emerges is a story radically different from the one the public knows: a picture both darker, more complex and more morally ambiguous than anyone could have imagined. Highly recommended.
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