Why Sony decided to leave 'This is It' in theaters through Thanksgiving

Sony did the right thing by extending,”This Is It?”! So far, this movie has made $41 million domestically…and counting; $69 million overseas…and counting! Not bad at all after paying a reported $60 million for the rights! Will it rake in more $$$…you betcha!

Very timely to extend the run to Thanksgiving weekend! This is when most people will be home with their families for the holidays. They’ll get huge returns that weekend! And you have some rabid Michael Jackson fans anxious to see the movie and the live concert footage. Michael’s fans extended to many generations both young and old. People are still buying his CDs and catalog 5 months later!

A respectful message to those who still doubt Michael jackson’s innocence: There is a reason why a depth charge of anger and grief has ignited in the hearts of millions of people. I do not mean to offend who believes the opposite in any way, but I just have to speak up. Does anyone really believe that the millions talking about the miscarriage of justice Michael Jackson suffered would be prepared to overlook peodophilia just because he was talented? Because I certainly wouldn’t. The American people need to know they were effectively brainwashed by the relentless onslaught of media coverage and endless rotation of hearsay and outright lies that so-called journalists like Diane Dimond, Nancy Grace, Maureen Orth and the Smoking Gun online tabloid – amongst others – inflated into a storm of such unprecedented hostility it would convince Mr Jackson’s legal team that it would be better to settle than fight in court in 1993. In hindsight, that decision was a huge mistake. In the 2005 trial, the prosecution introduced the 1993 allegations into the trial evidence to bolster their case, this enabled Meseareau to revisit the circumstances of those allegations. Mesereau was able to satisfy a conservative jury that there was no validity to them whatsoever. Of course, little or no coverage was given to this fact, just as no attention was paid to the facts or motives of Evan Chandler or Janet Arviso. While it is understandable due to the sheer level of misinformation and non-investigation of Michael’s accusers: (Can anyone think of a single article apart from Mary Fischer’s ‘Was Michael Jackson Framed?’ that asked any serious questions about the credibilty of Michael’s accusers?); – that the myth of sexual deviancy still persists about Michael Jackson – it’s just not acceptable for this lie to stand any longer. It has caused so much pain to so many people, including Michael, and it undoubtedly precipitated his dependency on tranquillizers and ended his life earlier than the norm. There is information out there, information, I might add, that has more weight and substance than the nonsense that has been peddled for years by the majority, if not all the American media. I am asking people to please go their local bookstore, order Aphrodite Jones’s book ‘The Michael Jackson Conspiracy,’ read Mary A Fischer’s article, go to the silencedtruth website and in particular read Cory Rooney’s comment in the ‘remember’ section, read Brian Oxman’s statements about Michael Jackson in The Huffington Post,and read the substantial legal criticism of Tom Sneddon’s years-long vendetta to prosecute Michael Jackson that is detailed in the archive section of the New York Times and many other publications. Millions of dollars of American taxpayers money were spent by Sneddon in an attempt to find corroborating witnesses to the so-called alleged crimes of Michael Jackson;– an extraordinary amount, considering Sneddon found none. Out of the thousands of children Michael Jackson helped, two alleged molestation and one man linked both investigations. For most normal people, a huge alarm bell should surely be ringing. Janet Arviso and her son Gavin both admitted on the stand in 2005 that Janet Arviso had made her son lie to support her false claims that she had been sexually assaulted by staff in a J C Penny store, after she and her children had been caught shoplifting. Unlucky? Or just a family with a unnatural propensity for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? The Arviso v J.C Penny case I mentioned, by the way, can be found by googling it and in American law journals. I could go on, my point is this; people need to be asking questions right now – that is, if they want to know the truth. The movement for Michael’s vindication is about enabling truth to come to bear on something that has needed exposing for a very long time, not about excusing serious crimes because of how well somebody sang. What was done to Michael Jackson must never be forgotten – and all those who talk about him being a child molester know not of what they speak.

Disclaimer: though I enjoyed a lot of his songs, I wasn’t really a huge fan of MJ and I thought the media stuff about him in the last decade and a half was profoundly off-putting. So I’m not a diehard fan.

That said, I saw this movie with friends this week, and I can truly say it is worthwhile whether or not you’re a diehard fan. Jackson was an unparalleled musical genius, undeniably. He commanded a great deal of respect from his ensemble, and he knew exactly what he wanted musically at all times. It was fascinating to watch him excavate the smallest detail from his musicians’ performances and then tell them what he was looking for in his own soft-spoken way. He took perfectionism to a new level, and as one of his musicians commented, that kind of passion is a waning art in pop music. And the man was in perfect health and full of energy during the rehearsals; it would have been a great tour for his fans. I’m glad they got this movie, but it must be a bittersweet experience to watch it as a diehard fan. It was clearly just a glimpse of what they lost.

Regardless of what you thought about the man’s personal life, this film is an interesting candid look at one of the greatest musicians and performers of modern times and the culture that surrounded him. It isn’t flawless, but it is lovingly edited and well-put together, with the fans at the forefront. I wasn’t one of his devoted supporters, but I’m glad I saw this movie. It gave me greater understanding about the artistry behind his work, and why he’s called the King of Pop.

He’s passed on now and what he did or didn’t do is between him and his Creator, but that’s neither here nor there – this is a good movie, and I’m glad for his fans that it was made.

I agree Andrea.. I mean, there are musicians etc. that grab a gun and cap some arse, but these people are not worried about that..