One unasked question in Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson and Me (Channel 4, Wednesday, 9pm) вЂ“ a documentary that, over the span of two parts and almost four hours, leaves very few stones unturned вЂ“ is whether or not we had lost our minds as well? How else could a man who preferred the company of children, on stage, in private or in the vast Versailles of his giddying, dream-like home, be excused as a harmless eccentric, no more than a child himself? How does anyone trust such a man, who by that time had already begun sharing his bedroom with her son? Or had Robson lost her mind? вЂњYes, I think I had,вЂќ she says today.Д«oth Robson and Safechuck make compelling subjects, interviewed at unflinching length, and each emotionally conflicted But high among them was to be closer to Michael Jackson, the biggest pop star in the world, who had come to seem like a close family friend. Joy Robson was moving for a few reasons, among them the opportunities it would bring her young son Wade, a dance prodigy. Her father asked her a direct and simple question: вЂњHave you lost your mind?вЂќ Almost 30 years ago, a mother in Australia prepared to board a plane for Los Angeles with her young son and daughter, a move that would decisively break up their family for the chance to live in a fantasy.

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