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'Leaving Neverland' review: Michael Jackson doc at its best when it focuses on families who were affected

We're all playing it.

Every day in Chicago, we play the guessing game "Guilty or Innocent?" as we debate, for sport, a scandal-clouded celebrity's guilt or innocence.

First it was "Empire" cast member Jussie Smollett. The actor and musician has been charged with filing a false police report relating to an apparently self-staged hate crime.

Then came the latest chapter in the saga of R. Kelly: music giant and alleged serial sexual predator, recently arrested on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Lucifer or pariah? For some, it depends how much they admire the man's music.

Now comes "Leaving Neverland," airing on HBO Sunday and Monday, to be followed Monday by "Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland,"

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