Ian Halperin is rubbish. He said really stupid things about Michael in his book (which somehow became a NYT bestseller, giving us insight into how stupid people are nowadays). I won't bother repeating what was claimed in the book because I am sure that most of you are familiar with Halperin and his lies.
I am willing to bet that this half-arsed documentary is more promo for his stupid book of lies. Even though I have heard the documentary is, for lack of a better term, "pro-MJ", I can foresee the reaction to it a mile away. The people who see it will think Halperin is alright, since the documentary was lukewarm and lacking in any particularly explosive statements. They will rush to their nearest bookstore and buy his book, or perhaps just pick it up out of curiosity. Its status as a NYT bestseller will fool these people into thinking that the book has merit and value, when in fact, the opposite is true.
So this isn't Ian Halperin changing his tune. It's Ian Halperin promoting his trash yet again. The process is simple. Think of when you were kids and watched the Saturday morning cartoons. We all wanted the toys or the action figures from the shows, right? Of course we did! That's propaganda at its finest: suck them in with the free stuff!
As adults, think of all the chicks who watched Sex and the City on HBO. When the movie came out, guess who flocked to the movie theatre, and guess who made millions of dollars. It's the same process, different audiences.
The same can be said for this Halperin and his show/book. The people who watch TV Guide, generally speaking, are not too bright. They may not rush to buy the book, but they may buy it out of curiosity after seeing the special. We have ALL seen how fast all things MJ sell, especially gossip and malicious things like Diane Demon's book, which can still be found on bookshelves!!! I am telling you, and I hope I am wrong, but we are going to see either a resurface of the book, or a whole new set of lies in the near future. Halperin isn't kind enough to just make a nice show about MJ. He's a weasel and he's up to something...
I get so angry when I see books with bad, untrue things being written about Michael! When I last visited the bookstore, I saw this clown's work on one of the shelves in the bio section of the store. It was the ONLY book about Michael in that shelf--no Moonwalk, or anything else. WTH? So, I got really mad and shelved the garbage where it belongs--in the fiction section of the store. I am sure it found its home there. My condolences to the trees who sacrificed their lives for such garbage.
The guy himself is just awful. He DOES always sound bored and he always has the same facial expression when he talks. He looks like a cheap version of the already tacky Perez Hilton lol. In any case, neither he nor his work is worth a damn. There's a reason why "Gone Too Soon" can only be found on the TV Guide network...
I am not an idiot, so I don't go to the TV Guide channel hoping to find stuff of any value. I don't even know which channel the TV Guide network is on, and judging by the kind of rubbish they allow to be broadcasted, I am glad that I don't know!!
To those of you brave enough to put yourselves through the embarrasment which accompanies watching the TV Guide Channel and/or Ian Halperin just to inform us on what was said, I salute you.
