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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Michael spent his whole life trying to be white. He made it so a white guy should play Michael. I think he would like it.
Shoulda got depp to put on his edward scissorhands costume..he would have been the perfect michael
please everything white people do now days sparks outrage, get over it people, take your outragea nd sit on it, no one cares and the more outrage the less people care
well. michael jackson did look white even if he was black. sure i liked him. i wouldnt believe anything bad and still dont. and i see nothing wrong with it as most black people wont look like michael jackson did. since he LOOKED WHITE! getting a white actor makes sense really.
Dont have one good enough..plus they want the white money
I don’t understand the outrage, Jackson tried desperately to be white..
I don’t like a Muslim playing the president, but, I don’t say a word….(well, a few words)
And yet blacks supported Rachel Dolezal…the white black girl…..
Why mike tried to be white
So we have blacks that supported Rachel Dolezal, the white black girl, but have a hissy fit about an actor being cast more for appearance than ethnicity…..