087: Leaving Neverland and the Skye Borgman Interview

Leaving Neverland is the HBO doc everyone's talking about, and Piper Weiss is back to discuss it. We had our problems with it (the length, the score) but we had things we admired about it too (the room it left Robson and Safechuck to feel however they needed to about Michael Jackson, even to miss him), even as we wished someone would make MJ: Made In America and take on the larger cultural phenomenon that was the King Of Pop. Later, I interview Skye Borgman about the doc everyone was talking about EARLIER in the year, Abducted In Plain Sight, from how she found the story to how she managed the re-enactments to what other true-crime documentaries were her touchstones. It's a difficult but worthwhile what-the-hell-were-the-parents-thinking duo of properties in The Blotter Presents, Episode 087. Support the pod/site on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/blotterpresents) ! SHOW NOTES Leaving Neverland (https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/leaving-neverland) on HBO LN director Dan Reed talks to Slate (https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-dan-reed-interview.html) about the film Abducted In Plain Sight (https://www.netflix.com/title/81000864) on Netflix Skye Borgman talks to Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/02/abducted-in-plain-sight-netflix-jan-broberg) I talk about AIPS (http://www.the-blotter.com/blotter-brief-36-abducted-in-plain-sight/) Piper Weiss on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/thepiperweiss) Special Guest: Piper Weiss.