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That said, Michael was never big on sharing his creative process, he would have probably gone the same route of Ushers praising the album, down to the pointless TikTok crap. So I'll give them a point for doing it in his spirit.

I wish it was more a Genesis of Thriller, less The Legend of Thriller. I get it's for the public, but Thriller is famous enough that the public will want to see deeper than cliched accolades. People suffered through 8 hrs of Get Back, they'll want to see the making of Thriller.

A bit talking-head heavy for my taste, esp. those who are only there for the name and had nothing to do with the project. And even project participants gave high-level commentary with little insight. (John Landis is the exception. He's a storyteller and a highlight of the doc.)

Thriller 40 I give it a solid 4 out of 5. The archival footage is, of course, what carries it. For me the high point was The Girl Is Mine session. Nothing beats footage of Michael's recording process.

"The Toy" 🧵 In December 1984, while testifying in a court case, Michael revealed that he'd written a song called "The Toy" for the Richard Pryor movie of the same name, but that he "canned it" to focus on the Thriller album. "The Toy" wasn't considered for inclusion on Thriller.

We won at the California Supreme Court! https://t.co/cReP4NgLHp The court ruled that "Sony’s album-back promise and video are commercial advertising" which is not shielded from consumer-protection laws by the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the case has been amicably resolved.

Bravo to Matthew Allen @headphoneaddict for reporting on the removal of the 3 fake songs from the first posthumous Michael Jackson album 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 via @theGrio

If you missed the live stream back in May, you can now re-watch Sony and the Estate’s lawyer argue for the their purported right to falsely attribute forged songs to Michael Jackson and sell them to unwitting fans as authentic works of art. Link below 👇🏽 https://t.co/ctyrxLxoz5

@DamienShields @redpillrich I still don’t understand why they’re fighting this. Fine, you were hoodwinked into believing they were MJ by a third party (allegedly). Once it’s established they’re fake, just remove them! It’s not like that album was even a big seller.

@DamienShields It would have been so easy to have said "Since there's doubts about the attribution and vocals, we'll be removing those songs in further editions of the album and all of the streaming services". And we all would've been happy. But no, they chose to waster resources and money.

Just admit that y'all were wrong and remove the damn songs and do something good for once

✍🏽 Supreme Court Judge Grills Sony Lawyer Over ‘Contradictory’ Arguments in Alleged Michael Jackson Fraud

Lawyer Zia Modabber is currently arguing, on behalf of Sony, that consumers must continue to enjoy the freedom to buy fake songs, marketed as real songs, and it would be unconstitutional to deny them that right. Yes, really. C

Get your popcorn ready 🍿 This is going to be live streamed!

I've also created a Telegram channel where I will post updates on the case, as I get frequent questions about the developments:

The California Supreme Court finally set the oral argument on Sony and the Jackson Estate's anti-SLAPP motion for the morning session of May 24. The oral argument will be live-streamed on the court's website: https://t.co/khxIyCiIYN