Even if you tried to make up someone like Michael Jackson, unless they possessed super powers of some kind, it would be next to impossible to beat his legend. How many alleged pedophilic, popstar, color changing, boy/men, face changing, money burning, greatest selling, high voiced, creepy father, prolific dancer, world legends are there? I'm thinking not a lot.
He can sing and dance and song write. He loves to grab his crotch. The man changed his entire color. And his face. And he had a monkey. And has been cited as a pop musical influence more than anyone. And has been accused of raping kids. Twice! And in general comes off as a weird freak show who makes his kids wear masks around town. And he's been on fire! And he has the highest selling album of all time. And he's been in fake marriages with women, with some of the most cringe inducing PDA of all time. You can't get more strange or legendary than this. What would it take to top all the weird shit he's done, had done to him or done to others? I'm drawing a blank.
If he had just been a normal guy who wrote a bunch of really popular songs and did some awesome dance moves and sold a bunch of records without the kids and the plastic surgery and the craziness and the creepiness and the strangeness would people still be so interested in him? Did his complete and total meltdown with full media coverage make him the legend he is today? Without all that would he just be another interesting anecdote of our childhood, like Saved by the Bell or Trapper Keepers? Would we be so enthralled if the legend didn't come with the freak show attached?
Monday, June 29, 2009
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