After viewing the entirety of LEAVING NEVERLAND

Here's the brief review I posted on the Letterboxd.com site:
Dan Reed’s meticulous—If overlong and stuffed with too many drone-shot location scene transitions—forum given to Wade Robson, James Safechuck and assorted family members to describe the vast distance between Michael Jackson the beloved all-around entertainer and Michael Jackson the sexual abuser/psychological destroyer of young children.  The horrors of Part One are echoed in Part Two by the Michael-requested perjuries (following other boys coming forward with their anecdotes of damage)  plus Robson and Safechuck’s efforts to cope with the psychological fallout from being repeatedly used/discarded by the self-coronated King of Pop.

Thoughts after viewing Part One of LEAVING NEVERLAND

Certainly the stories of Wade Robson, James Safechuck, their starstruck stage mothers and other family members are powerful and sad examples of victimization—the kind of behavior celebrities (not just pedophiles) can get away with since they know that any kind of acquiescence to gifts/vacations/backstage access/job opportunities provided by Stars will elicit disbelief from jurors  if the Star is tried for sexual assault/misconduct.

There will be people who will watch LEAVING NEVERLAND and continue to listen to Michael Jackson/Jackson 5/Jacksons recordings, compartmentalizing.  A few may pause for occasional reflection about how an abusive, powerful stage father did no favors for a son who imprinted his dubious/exploitative/deeply selfish notions regarding power, desire, misogyny, overriding parents/authority figures, etc. onto the psyches of his chosen “best friend” boys for years/decades afterward.

One question remains.  How many adults who may have been molested by Michael Jackson will speak publicly—by name—to corroborate Robson and Safechuck’s stories?