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Leaving Neverland
Directed by Dan Reed
HBO

EXACTLY FIFTY YEARS AGO, five young boys from Gary, Indiana, became pop tune sensations. It has always been tough separating the authenticity about their beginning from myth because Motown Records main person Berry Gordy has always understood that turning artists into legends is not just a musical process but a narrative one as well. As the story goes, he was already jaded about the labor restrictions surrounding his first child luminary, Stevie Wonder. It was not in the company’s interest to hire more children. But talent scout Suzanne de Passe asked Gordy to give the kids a several minutes of his time. Thanks to footage preserved on YouTube, we can still see what Gordy saw, as a ten-year-old Michael Jackson does an imitation of James Brown that will give you chills.

Now, half a century after their first hit and a decade after Jackson’s death, fans are getting chills once more, this hour inspired by a profoundly unflattering HBO documentary, Leaving Neverland. The four-hour review focuses on the lives of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, two men who are now reaching middle age and accuse the singer of hav