Sunday, March 10, 2019

Finding Neverland

Just finished watching the documentary Finding Neverland, a powerful and disturbing insight into sexual abuse of a couple of young boys by a certain King of Pop.  Very believable, very shocking.  It's the kind of documentary that can thankfully come out now, when hopefully nobody is too powerful to be brought to justice for the heinous criminal acts they have committed (apart from maybe if you're the President...) - think certain male celebrities, think Catholic priests (coincidentally I just watched the film Spotlight last week about this) and think Operation Yewtree.  You kind of knew that something was off with Michael Jackson in the same way that you kind of knew that something was off with Jimmy Savile - so the fact that he preyed on young boys and was more than likely a prolific pedophile doesn't really come as a surprise.  I guess being invited to spend a night at Neverland is the American equivalent of being told Jim will fix it for you.  I should maybe be grateful that I never got to play and beat Steve Davis in a game of snooker...   

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