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WSJ: ‘Simpsons’ Episode Featuring Michael Jackson’s Voice to Be Pulled From Circulation
- Thread starter chadskin
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A damn good episode, but I have no complaint with it being pulled.
They should be snarky and dub over it with another artist
They should be snarky and dub over it with another artist
If it was just a scene they could. but since Bart tells the whole neighborhood that Homer is bringing Michael Jackson.
They would need to re-do the animation since some of the characters had records of his and banners for him.
Funny enough, I thought it was just an impersonator who voiced that classic character lol.
I too get that Lisa It's Your Birthday song in my head all the time
I too get that Lisa It's Your Birthday song in my head all the time
all the singing wasn't done by MJ, but by his sound-alike he has for singing in vocal roles
sommit to do with contracts thats separate from the voice acting normally
Yep, if they wanted to get MJ to do the actual singing, he would've charged them like 5x more.
Now what does "circulation" mean, does that also mean you can't access it for streaming on their special Simpsons website anymore? Will it get pulled from digital stores? I don't have paywall access so I can't access the full article.
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With the amount of Celebrity guest stars the Simpsons uses this'll probably happen a lot going forward. I guess the fallout of Dustin Hoffman getting called out for sexual harassment wasn't enough to get Lisa's Substitute pulled.
Character was written off the show last I heard but I don't watch.
Can I ask why this is a good thing? I feel like people think just getting rid of everything that ever had a bad person involved will make the problem go away. The episode is an artifact of its time, where people were obsessed with Michael Jackson as a celebrity and personality. What is accomplished by removing the episode? I'm not trying to be dense or insensitive, I'm just curious what people feel is accomplished by this.
Holy shit, I've kinda missed the entire Leaving Neverland talk do to busy schedule, but is the evidence in the documentary that decisively damning for MJ? My impression (albeit not totally informed) was that the case was just one big grey area, but has the doc proven otherwise?
For me it has and I've only watched the first half. The first half goes from mild to hard to watch at times.
Yup. Although I haven't said my piece regarding the resurfaced MJ allegations and haven't watched the documentary (don't have HBO unfortunately), this was certainly the right call.
I still get a kick out of the pink shirt gag and Bart answering the mental health survey for Homer, but still the right call.
