Michael Jackson is going to be portrayed by Joseph Fiennes, a white actor, in an upcoming Hollywood comedy. This announcement is causing some uproar among the politically correct, who apparently think Hollywood is trying to get away with white-washing one of the most prolific Black singers in pop music history.
Michael Jackson famously suffered from a condition known as vitiligo, a skin condition that kills or otherwise disables pigment cells in a person’s skin. Some conspiracy theorists insisted that Jackson purposefully changed his skin color in order to appeal to a wider audience, because they apparently think the moon walk and “Annie Are You Okay?” just weren’t enough to draw in White audiences.
The fact that Jackson is going to be played by a White actor and not that the comedy he is being portrayed in centers around escaping New York after the attacks on September 11th, is drawing criticism.
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Why the damn outrage?? They changed classics like ANNIE etc to black ppl and those already existed and they changed them.this Obama’s change$#%&!@*is getting ridiculous but if its happening then it should go both ways
EXACTLY !!!my opinion as well
OK, bring forward a Black Actor that is as WHITE as Michael Jackson, and if not……….then shuit the$#%&!@*up.
He lookalike white at that time in his life
Michael wanted to be white respect his wishes
Too bad!
Enough already
well, Michael changed to a white person…so why not a white man… now we want to play the race card when it suits your fancy… get over it..
Really..Outrage..please save your outrage for the shitty way our Veterans are treated, or the way our basic CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE BEING STRIPPED AWAY BY THE MINUTE!!
Who cares.just a Movie.