After watching the documentary that Corey Feldman finally released last week, I was a little bit disgusted by what I saw. Exposing the pedos in Hollywood is a good thing. If you can keep the child stars of today and the future safe by bringing change, it's worth doing. If you can help change laws to give victims more ability to speak out later, it's a good thing. It seems Feldman has been very effective in the latter, but in the former, he comes up lacking.
I can hear the believers saying, *But, he finally told the story about Corey Haim and himself. He risked his life." To that I ask, did he? Did he really? I have my doubts. Even if he exposed the truth, and if there was more going on than just the one person that seems to be agreed upon as a molester of Haim, he did it wrong. "But, Feldman..." Stop it. He did it wrong, and anybody who is capable of free thinking at least has to question the way he portrayed Corey Haim and Judy Haim in his documentary.
Even if Corey Haim is a victim, and let's say all three people that Feldman named did actually do something, is it truly respecting Haim to describe things the way they were described in that documentary? Feldman didn't take time to mention anything respectful or nice about Haim or the fact that he was a critically acclaimed, awarded child star back in those days. He jumped right in and belittled Haim and used his platform to lord himself over Haim as if he was better than him. Most rational thinking people would ask Feldman, "Was that really the way to honor somebody you considered your best friend?"
Secondly, he completely disrespected Judy Haim. I'm really not interested in emails that he claims are her leading the opposition against him. First of all, if she asked him not to mention her son in his book or his documentary and he decides to do it anyway, he is disrespecting her. It's hard to look at it any other way. Therefore, if she did use whatever little influence she had amongst the compassionate people who care about her and her son, she would have that right to do so. She can't pick up the phone and call somebody in Hollywood and ask them to ask Feldman to just drop it. She doesn't have the money to step in and do much of anything. She wanted him to leave her son out of it, and he didn't.
Not only did Corey Feldman not leave Judy Haim's son out of it, he proceeded to trash her worse than him. She was painted as a bad mother who let everything bad happen to him and now happens to be in denial. He absolves himself of any of the blame he might deserve. Feldman's lawyer even went so far as to have the audacity to say that Judy Haim engaged in slander. There are lawyers who would look at this documentary and wonder who it was that was really slandered. Perhaps Judy Haim and Corey Haim?
It's out there now. Much like most of what Feldman has done in the last decade, it's met with a resounding, "meh", from the public. It's not that they don't care, but they've seen this song and dance from him before. These names have already been leaked out there long before the documentary, and there was nothing new in this, other than more bashing and slandering of Feldman's supposed best friend and his mother. If the current news regarding the virus wasn't out there, the buzz from this documentary would have died a slow death regardless.
Feldman was hoping for a groundswell of support to come in from other victims. He was hoping to take down Charlie Sheen or get Sheen so upset that he might actually sue him in court. Sheen is playing it exactly the way he should, because there is no proof. Sue Feldman and he has an opportunity to be painted guilty based on the circus that would surround a trial. Ignore Feldman and Feldman will point a finger and say, "See, he knows he's guilty." But if he doesn't sue and lets It go, the uninterested public will let It fade away anyways. Nothing was accomplished by going rogue, disrespecting the Haim family and telling this story.
It's unfortunate to say that the Haim family may not be in a position to do much. Legally, they may not have the resources to challenge what was in the documentary. Also, they may not have the kind of sway that would lead to what really needs to happen. There needs to be more positive stuff out there about who Corey Haim was, his accomplishments in Hollywood, his hopes and dreams and the fact that he was back and ready to make a comeback at the time of his death. Who will tell that story and not focus on the negative aspects of everything else?
Having watched a Bobby Wolfe production recently analyzing The Two Coreys reality series and asking some very important questions, the answer becomes clear. The very opposition, the Wolfpack or whatever you want to call them, could play a big role in this. These people are fans who love Corey Haim and wanted to do what they could to respect his legacy. If they are in fact in any sort of contact with the Haim family, they could put together something more positive and put it out there for the public to see. The real story of Corey Haim needs to be told.
Obviously, it would be my hope that something more official from Hollywood with the family involved would be put out there. A biopic, a documentary or what have you. This would focus on Corey Haim. The Two Coreys aspect, though mentioned, would not completely define who he was any more than his struggles that have been documented all too well. For that matter, there should be more of a movement towards getting Corey Haim's movies re-released on DVD for the next generation of fans, maybe organizing a film festival and certainly movements to get him stars on the Canadian and Hollywood Walk of Fame.
I've never been somebody who likes to engage in the negative. I'll sit behind the keyboard and type all kinds of crazy things, but rarely do I hit send in those situations. People are going to do what they think they need to do in regards to Corey Feldman on social media, and that's their issue. However, it would be nice to see more focus on the career of Corey Haim. Just by what's out there on the internet alone, there's plenty of good material to use. Isn't it time we put Corey Haim in a positive light and stop letting his struggles define all that he was?
I want to add a link below from a documentary that Bobby Wolfe put together analyzing The Two Coreys reality series and how Corey Feldman presented himself as opposed to Corey Haim. I know that reality programs aren't real, but rather exaggerated versions of the people starring in them. While you might question what was true and what wasn't, you can easily make a case that Corey Haim was made out to be lesser than Corey Feldman throughout the series. Furthermore, somebody who was your best friend wouldn't allow you to be portrayed the way Corey Haim was at the end of this series. In my opinion, Feldman endorsed that portrayal.
Judge for yourself - https://youtu.be/djApxFbVqek
