White Actor to play Michael Jackson

[BadPinkTink]

Nothing I see proves that Marlon Brando Facebook page is "official"- anyone can do a Fan Facebook page

That Facebook page is linked to this Twitter account https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando which is a verified Twitter account.
This is the tweet https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando/status/692458918434492416
the fb.me link means that anything posted on this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/marlonbrandoestate/?fref=nf are automatically posted to this Twitter account. https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando To set this up, you need to be logged in both the Facebook account and the Twitter account.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

That Facebook page is linked to this Twitter account https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando which is a verified Twitter account.
This is the tweet https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando/status/692458918434492416
the fb.me link means that anything posted on this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/marlonbrandoestate/?fref=nf are automatically posted to this Twitter account. https://twitter.com/MarlonBrando To set this up, you need to be logged in both the Facebook account and the Twitter account.

You do know Marlon Brando isn't using social media from beyond the grave and that verified ghost twitter accounts don't actually mean they are official or significant in any way?

 

[L&Lfan]

Jacko wanted white children so why so adamant about not wanting a white actor portraying him? He was probably being PC. I really don't believe a word he said.

 

[minnie mum]

I wish some people would please remember that this show is SATIRE. Not a documentary, docudrama, or biopic. And not just SATIRE, but BRITISH satire. If you aren't at least mildly offended by something in one of these, you haven't been paying attention. Who cares whether or not the road trip really happened? How many movies have been made that are fiction but include real people? I can think of many.

But I'm sure Jada Pinkett's crew will be vocally up in arms about this ( if their heads don't explode first).

 

[LisaR]

Not only did the poor guy have a skin disease, he said outright that he didn't want a white actor to play him in a 1993 interview.

I wouldn't believe a thing that came out of his mouth and "poor guy" is definitely not how I would describe him.

 

[pryncess527]

You do know Marlon Brando isn't using social media from beyond the grave and that verified ghost twitter accounts don't actually mean they are official or significant in any way?

I was pretty sure you did have to provide Twitter with legal proof that you manage that persons estate to get the Verified tag added to the twitter account. Not suggesting that verifies the pp's story, but I'm not sure it's true that verified ghost twitter accounts aren't official in any way

 

[MickeySP]

He had a skin disease called vitiligo. It causes an autoimmune response in which the skin's pigmentation is destroyed, leaving pale patches. The treatments can cause darker skin to look paler. It can be particularly disfiguring.

http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Vitiligo/

Yup said that about 30 posts before you, maybe read the thread.

There is sooo much wrong with this

1. As @FlightlessDuck stated, Michael Jackson in a 1993 interview was totally against having a white actor portray him
watch this to see his EXACT words on this issue

2. This who supposed road trip is a LIE, it did not happen. I actually wrote a thread about this time as I was there in New York on September 11, outside the hotel where Michael Jackson was staying, when the planes hit the towers. Read my September 11 story here http://www.disboards.com/threads/my...ded-in-a-city-attacked-by-terrorists.3446394/

Also The Estate of Marlon Brando have now DENIED this story today on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/marlonbrandoestate/posts/821342887971650





3. A COMEDY about the events of September 11, an event which real people died and many people still suffer the effects of!!! That day should be about remembering those who lost their lives, not turned into some tasteless piece of so called entertainment

Okay it is a farce, comedy, that would be an exaggeration of mostly untrue things. So we can never have any humor of a tragic event or too soon. We lost a dear friend in 9/11 and he had a great sense of humor, I am sure he would get it. Lighten up!!!

 

[NewRVLady]

Just an FYI-many lawsuits involving his estate.....5 years after Marlon's death, the 2 people running the estate his manager and his assistant-40 & 50 years with him were replaced.
So the "Official " people running his estate now, did not know his day to day activities.

http://www.probatelawyerblog.com/20...ndos-estate-marred-by-dozens-of-lawsuits.html

 

[JoeA]

I want to be the first to go on record as boycotting this show right along with the Oscars.

If I had a Facebook account I'd make a video but I don't so I won't.

(Technically I guess I do but it's been >3years since I checked it and forgot the password).

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

I was pretty sure you did have to provide Twitter with legal proof that you manage that persons estate to get the Verified tag added to the twitter account. Not suggesting that verifies the pp's story, but I'm not sure it's true that verified ghost twitter accounts aren't official in any way

Nope, a simple google search will tell you that the Twitter verification process isn't at all well documented and that the verification of ghost accounts is even more questionable.
This is neither here nor there with regard to BPTs story, that I don't know anything about, but rather the fact that she is citing a ghost twitter account as actual proof of something.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Who said I had a problem with it?

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that YOU had a problem with it. I quoted your post because you indicated the show is supposed to be an intentional farce.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Not only did the poor guy have a skin disease, he said outright that he didn't want a white actor to play him in a 1993 interview.

Unfortunately, neither he nor his estate really have any say in the matter.

 

[jrmasm]

Michael Jackson? I'd give that a big, fat who gives a flip???

 

[msjprincess]

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that YOU had a problem with it. I quoted your post because you indicated the show is supposed to be an intentional farce.

Gotcha

 

[NewRVLady]

I want to be the first to go on record as boycotting this show right along with the Oscars.

If I had a Facebook account I'd make a video but I don't so I won't.

(Technically I guess I do but it's been >3years since I checked it and forgot the password).

well I think its on some obscure channel in Britain....so I doubt anyone in USA can boycott it

 

[disneyjunkie]

The tricky part about this is the vitiglio -- since the date portrayed is after Jackson's skin changed, casting a black man would mean making him up in whiteface if you want him to look like Jackson, because the truth is that Jackson's skin tone was paler than your average DEAD white man by 2001. Either way, it's going to look fake -- as Jackson himself did by then.

Please tell me this is a joke.


You don't need whiteface to have a black man play an older Michael Jackson. There are plenty of light skinned black men they could have casted in that role

 

[CPanther95]

This should make those that think all roles should be open to all actors regardless of race happy.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Please tell me this is a joke.


You don't need whiteface to have a black man play an older Michael Jackson. There are plenty of light skinned black men they could have casted in that role

Well, the white guy they DID cast is darker than MJ was.