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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but it’s his kids that have the final say and we know those kids are white
Who cares…..
I can see why all they are all outraged… it’s because the white guy isn’t white enough !! HAA LOL they need to find someone who is even whiter !!! JUST LOOK THEM BOTH!!!
Yawn.
LOVE IT- and he gets a grammy♥
So what. Get over it!
Sheer genius, Mr Cardoza, a good pick.
WHO CARES
Black’s play the Honeymooner’s, the wild wild west and no problem. a white person play’s Michael Jackson and all hell breaks lose. Jackson was accused by many blacks as looking white.
I don’t care personally but with all the makeup in Hollywood why not let a black guy play the role seems stupid to me. Would they have a white guy play Martin Luther King. There was just a blowup over the Oscars. Black actors need roles too. Just too strange to me.