It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.

Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?

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    The line between good and evil cuts through the heart of us all.

    Get off your high horse.

    Hate it because its Hollywood trash, not because its about michael Jackson.

    I mean Thomas Jefferson is on the 5 dollar bill. Do you abstain from $5bills because he sold some of his black children into slavery? (Google it, he did)

    (Edit, meant $2 bill)

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      Our dearest friend… That’s Abraham Lincoln on the 5$ bill. George Washington (avid slave owner who used legal loopholes holes to avoid his slaves from becoming free in northern states) is on 1$, and Thomas Jefferson (guy previously mentioned) is on the 2$ bill.

      Note just because they got plastered and are constantly out here on a high pedestal does not mean it’s ok to make more pedestals for more horrible people.

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        Were you there? If so, hi epstein.

        Allegations are easy to make, watch this: Keen flame rapes dolphins who dress too sexy.

        What you have in common with MJ now is no court has convicted either of you.

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          Wow, talk about a high horse to draw the line somewhere beyond not inserting a penis into a child traumatizing them for life