i miss the spring of 2009.
in the spring of 2009, michael jackson was a strange looking white man who was getting ready to go on tour in england because he was desperate for money. people remembered him for being a whack-job, and putting out some really good music in the 70s / 80s / early 90s.
then summer hit, and michael jackson died.
in typical black person fashion, he was hailed as a misunderstood musical genius who changed the face of the universe. in typical white person fashion, his legacy became a soapbox for pretentious young suburbanites to stand on and scream OMG I LOVED HIM MORE THAN YOU DID.
and the fact that he was a flat-out weirdo who had a love affair with a freaking monkey, pretended to be peter pan, and settled out of court on child molestation charges (just as good as admitting guilt if you ask me) was completely ignored by everyone who ever remembered dancing to "billie jean" in their PJs as a kid.
so, this week, as we are being inundated with twitter posts and facebook status updates from men and women all over this country, try to remember one thing; those people who scream and yell and pee their pants over "this is it" coming out in theatres are basically getting up in front of the entire internet community and saying "i value looking cool in front of my friends and seeming hip to strangers above all else."
but what else is new? people have been excusing criminal behavior from artists well before i was on this planet, and they will continue to do so well after i am gone. the difference here is that michael jackson took advantage of kids, man. of kids. and he did so under the guise of healing the world, making it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race. bullshit.
the thing about kids is this - they can fend for themselves. they can rarely make sound judgment calls on character issues. they rely on us, as adults, to do that for them and keep them safe, and there is a special little corner in hell for those sick and twisted bastards that take that awesome responsibility and use it to accomplish their own disgusting agendas.
call me crazy, but just because someone has a talent to produce snappy pop tunes doesnt excuse the fact that they are a loony tunes creepy-ass serial weirdo that takes advantage of kids. i dont care how much money that person made for africa by writing "we are the world" and i dont care how insightful he seemed when he sang "man in the mirror". in my eyes, that just makes him a giant hypocrite. and a liar.
so, everyone, all together now - update your facebook status in all caps. declare your love and admiration for michael jackson. tell everyone how you simply cannot wait to see the movie about the final days of a habitual drug abuser. ignore everything about the man that makes you uncomfortable. because we live in a society where its almost worse to talk about sexual abuse than is it actually sexually abuse someone.
ignore things that inconvenient for the health of your mix CDs.
afterall, he wrote "thriller" - and that was a great song.
in the spring of 2009, michael jackson was a strange looking white man who was getting ready to go on tour in england because he was desperate for money. people remembered him for being a whack-job, and putting out some really good music in the 70s / 80s / early 90s.
then summer hit, and michael jackson died.
in typical black person fashion, he was hailed as a misunderstood musical genius who changed the face of the universe. in typical white person fashion, his legacy became a soapbox for pretentious young suburbanites to stand on and scream OMG I LOVED HIM MORE THAN YOU DID.
and the fact that he was a flat-out weirdo who had a love affair with a freaking monkey, pretended to be peter pan, and settled out of court on child molestation charges (just as good as admitting guilt if you ask me) was completely ignored by everyone who ever remembered dancing to "billie jean" in their PJs as a kid.
so, this week, as we are being inundated with twitter posts and facebook status updates from men and women all over this country, try to remember one thing; those people who scream and yell and pee their pants over "this is it" coming out in theatres are basically getting up in front of the entire internet community and saying "i value looking cool in front of my friends and seeming hip to strangers above all else."
but what else is new? people have been excusing criminal behavior from artists well before i was on this planet, and they will continue to do so well after i am gone. the difference here is that michael jackson took advantage of kids, man. of kids. and he did so under the guise of healing the world, making it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race. bullshit.
the thing about kids is this - they can fend for themselves. they can rarely make sound judgment calls on character issues. they rely on us, as adults, to do that for them and keep them safe, and there is a special little corner in hell for those sick and twisted bastards that take that awesome responsibility and use it to accomplish their own disgusting agendas.
call me crazy, but just because someone has a talent to produce snappy pop tunes doesnt excuse the fact that they are a loony tunes creepy-ass serial weirdo that takes advantage of kids. i dont care how much money that person made for africa by writing "we are the world" and i dont care how insightful he seemed when he sang "man in the mirror". in my eyes, that just makes him a giant hypocrite. and a liar.
so, everyone, all together now - update your facebook status in all caps. declare your love and admiration for michael jackson. tell everyone how you simply cannot wait to see the movie about the final days of a habitual drug abuser. ignore everything about the man that makes you uncomfortable. because we live in a society where its almost worse to talk about sexual abuse than is it actually sexually abuse someone.
ignore things that inconvenient for the health of your mix CDs.
afterall, he wrote "thriller" - and that was a great song.
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7 comments:
Well said.
I will NOT go see his movie/documentary... whatever it is!
You are completely correct, he was a terrible person, that did the worst thing that a human being could do. I will not see this movie, although I will continue to listen to his songs, which I have not and will not pay for. We do also forget that he was victim abuse to. We can't just hate the monster, we need to hate the monster that created him as well
My favorite song is "The way you make me feel" and I will continue to rock out with my white dance moves to his music, just like I did before he died. :)
So, with respect to your discussion about kids, you should rent American Crime. Seriously.
Upon his death did the autopsy reveal that he was a white woman? just wondering....
I was so scared when I saw the balloon boy floating away, I thought Michael Jackson had ordered take out from heaven.
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