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Re: MSNBC to air Murray Documentary "Michael Jackson and the Doctor" / Interview part 1 transcript @
I haven't read the transcript yet (as the idea of it makes me ill), but based on what we know from Murray over the course of the last two years combined with the documentary content I think you might be onto something.
I've started to think that Murray genuinely believes that he is the victim in all of this - that he truly believes he was duped by Michael and pressured into giving him propofol and now his entire life is a mess as a result. Whether that is a sign of mental illness on Murray's part or just a serious case of sociopathic narcissism I an unsure (personally, I think the latter). Either way, it would appear that Murray actually believes his own hype. I think, of itself, his willingness to allow a film crew to track his every move right up until the end of the trial - seemingly with total disregard for the fact that the reason he was being filmed in the first place is because a human being lost their life and he was on trial for Michael's death - is disturbing beyond comprehension. It demonstrates a callousness I've honestly never seen before. It would appear he is indeed incapable of telling the truth, such that it is almost pathological - every statement he makes is self-serving to the point of madness, all part of his relentless attempts to paint himself as an innocent bystander caught up in a mess he had no responsibility for. The whole thing is incomprehensible.
Maybe some of the medical experts here can address this? It was an OUTRAGE.
I watched the whole thing and took notes, and I'm glad I did -- even though it was very painful. I'll give a few impressions here, and then let it "marinate" overnight.
There were things gained by watching that a transcript simply cannot convey. Specifically, Murray's expression of emotion. His "religious and prayerful" moments seemed entirely fake, and staged. What was NOT staged, were his flares of anger. He has a HUGE temper! I found it chilling, actually. I am now thinking that it's very possible that he pushed the propofol and killed Michael in a fit of anger. He was angry at his attorneys (f-bombs), and called them "stupid." I also saw delusions of grandeur there? Where he, Murray, knew best how to try the case? He was angry at Alvarez, too (I don't think Alvarez did anything wrong). His anger would flare so QUICKLY!
I'll go over my notes (detailed), but one thing I want to mention for now. . . . and I don't know if anyone else who watched, caught it? When talking about Alvarez -- and BLAMING him -- Murray said, "I was trying to control him on the phone." (as if Alvarez did something wrong when speaking to 911? - which he did not.) It was the word "control" that struck me. I think this is a man who tries to control other people, with his anger! What did he really DO to Michael? Murray is incapable of telling the truth, so do we even know? Really?
Murray also was pissed off at AEG. In fact, the only person he felt was innocent -- was himself.
He is clinically mentally ill? This man is truly dangerous, and Pastor was quite right to deny him bail. Those moments of histrionic religiosity sure made him seem like a nut-case? He shows no remorse at all (and never has). He even blamed Michael for "hurting HIM," by dying! I think these things were pretty obvious, and the one who was trashed the most in the docu -- was MURRAY. Just by being himself.
Strangely, Chernoff came off the best, I thought. He actually defended Michael (somewhat), when Flanny's wife was trashing him. I can certainly see why he moved out! (and was that a gin-and tonic Flanny was drinking? Looked like it, and he seemed to be slurring his words.)
So yeah, as rough as it was to watch this, reading a transcript simply can't convey the whole "truth" about Murray -- that he is a homicidal MONSTER, completely lacking a conscience. His eyes were either blank, or would flare in anger. Horrible, horrible man. Now I'm thinking, did he BULLY Michael? Yell at him? Force him to take medications? I'm not sure. . . As he said, he "tried to control" Alvarez on the phone? The reality here might be very, very different from what we think we know?
I haven't read the transcript yet (as the idea of it makes me ill), but based on what we know from Murray over the course of the last two years combined with the documentary content I think you might be onto something.
I've started to think that Murray genuinely believes that he is the victim in all of this - that he truly believes he was duped by Michael and pressured into giving him propofol and now his entire life is a mess as a result. Whether that is a sign of mental illness on Murray's part or just a serious case of sociopathic narcissism I an unsure (personally, I think the latter). Either way, it would appear that Murray actually believes his own hype. I think, of itself, his willingness to allow a film crew to track his every move right up until the end of the trial - seemingly with total disregard for the fact that the reason he was being filmed in the first place is because a human being lost their life and he was on trial for Michael's death - is disturbing beyond comprehension. It demonstrates a callousness I've honestly never seen before. It would appear he is indeed incapable of telling the truth, such that it is almost pathological - every statement he makes is self-serving to the point of madness, all part of his relentless attempts to paint himself as an innocent bystander caught up in a mess he had no responsibility for. The whole thing is incomprehensible.