It’s not just the money-making studio execs – fans, too, are often happy for the darker parts of a subject’s life to be ignored, says Guardian arts correspondent Nadia Khomami

Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the…

That 'Michael' only focuses on Michael Jackson's legend has angered some. But others are just fine with deifying him.

It’s not just the money-making studio execs – fans, too, are often happy for the darker parts of a subject’s life to be ignored, says Guardian arts correspondent Nadia Khomami

The hit success of the critically reviled Michael Jackson movie shows that his fans only want to see the good – not the truth