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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1997 Short Film (at 39+ minutes, the second-longest music video to date according to the Guinness Book of World Records, bested only by the 24-hour version of Pharrell Williams's "Happy") directed by Stan Winston, produced by Michael Jackson, Stan Winston and David Nicksay. Mick Garris's screenplay is based on a story hashed out by Jackson and Stephen King.The short is an allegory for the child molestation accusations leveled against Jackson, and the resultant scandal, over 1993-94. The mysterious "Maestro" (Jackson) has secretly been telling ghost stories and performing magic tricks for the young boys of nearby Normal Valley, but when one of the boys tells the adults of the town about it, they form a Torches and Pitchforks mob led by their Mayor (Jackson again) to run the "freaky" stranger out of town. Maestro responds by trapping them in his Haunted House with him and unleashing a parade of ghouls and dance numbers...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); }) | |
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Allegory Maestro = Michael Jackson The Mayor and the other adults = Adults who find his Real Life behavior suspect; commonly interpreted as a direct Take That! in the Mayor's case. As the Wikipedia article puts it, he is "a comically arrogant, plump [and white] man who bears more than a passing resemblance to Thomas Sneddon", the Santa Barbara district attorney who tried to prosecute Jackson on child molestation charges in 1993-94, and actually would over 2003-05 when another accuser came forward with similar claims. The secret meetings with children = Jackson's Intergenerational Friendships with prepubescent kids, as well as his charity work on the whole. The angry mob assembling when one of the boys makes the mistake of revealing the secret meet-ups with Maestro = Jackson being accused of molestation by Jordan Chandler. Note that the boy in the film is chewed out by his older brother for spilling the beans, but their mother insists "He did the right thing." | |
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The secret meetings with children = Jackson's Intergenerational Friendships with prepubescent kids, as well as his charity work on the whole. | |
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The Mayor and the other adults = Adults who find his Real Life behavior suspect; commonly interpreted as a direct Take That! in the Mayor's case. As the Wikipedia article puts it, he is "a comically arrogant, plump [and white] man who bears more than a passing resemblance to Thomas Sneddon", the Santa Barbara district attorney who tried to prosecute Jackson on child molestation charges in 1993-94, and actually would over 2003-05 when another accuser came forward with similar claims. | |
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