Yes, I agree there.Keith Chegwin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:07 amHe's also very lucky that Michael is dead because if he said this about a living person he would be sued into oblivion
I do think the episode may have been a fantasy of Jackson's. He was a fan of Bart Simpson. He requested a story where he and Bart spend the night together and write a song. I don't know if he knew that Bart was played by a woman or not.
I don't really see how this could be a grooming tool. One could argue that the episode is one big commercial for Michael Jackson, and Michael Jackson turned out to be a shitty person. But they had accused pedo Dustin Hoffman and accused pedo Lena Dunham as guests and probably many other shitty people that I'm forgetting.
I believe Michael Jackson is guilty as hell, but I do not support the damnatio memoriae of media.