Kate Allen has sent MJWN her review of the Bill Whitfield & Javon Beard’s book, ‘Remember The Time: Protecting Michael Jackson In His Final Days.’ Although we did review it at the time of it’s release, we feel it’s always good to have another opinion, so here’s what Kate thought of it.
Body guards – hardly renowned for their way with words. Fortunately ‘Remember The Time…’ does not see two security professionals, who looked after Michael Jackson and his children for the last two and a half years of his life, weaving their memories into a narrative. Instead, with the assistance of author Tanner Colby, hired heavies Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard have recorded their observations of a life less ordinary through a series of transcribed conversations.
By the authors’ own admission their view into the life of Michael Jackson is a limited one. As they confess, it’s not a security guard’s place to know the whys and wherefores. They execute orders without asking questions. Thus what ‘Remember The Time…’ provides is a timeline of events viewed from an outsider’s position with little scrutiny. It is an interesting timeline nonetheless: Michael Jackson’s constant coming and goings around Las Vegas, late night entertainment excursions and shopping trips, ugly and unwelcome visits from the wider Jackson clan, and the feckless management of one of music’s biggest stars and his crippled assets.
Read More: http://www.mjworld.net/news/2014/11/26/remember-the-time-review/
Source: MJWN / Kate Allen / MJ-Upbeat.com
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