Appreciating the Life of Michael Jackson
And so it is on this historic day that we are shocked to here of the death of the beloved King of Pop, Michael Jackson, suffering from what sources say to be a heart attack at just 50 years of age. Like so many other people starting their day out, I came into my office this morning to learn of the tragic news. We're looking at a guy, whose untimely death is having a cosmic impact on everyone worldwide. He is a celebrity with such a high magnitude of respect from all cultures, despite the revelations surfacing in recent years. He was a man shrouded in mystery, and although we never understood him, we appreciated him for what he brang to popular culture and what he gave back to society. His campaigns against racism, his generous donations to children's charities and his love for all things innocent. He was in himself, a child who never grew up - through his younger years he was pushed into work as a juvenille actor and performer. The guy worked his whole life and never enjoyed his own childhood, which is something that a lot of us truly take for granted. But in saying that, he developed a huge insecurity and subsequently became a recluse - it was a sad life really, but I guess that makes it all the more tragic, when he was in fact vilified for his odd traits. Does anybody actually believe that he molested those children? Not me, and the whole debacle never swayed my musical appreciation of MJ. It is after all, in the nature of most Americans to sue for anything they can get - am I right?
There was an episode of South Park based on MJ, and if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Yes, the guys from South Park are out to offend but they raise a lot of critical points in their satire - that being what I have already asserted, it is an old stigma that Americans will sue the pants off anybody they see to be wealthy fodder.
In the mean-time I will miss Michael Jackson, and every time I hear an MJ song it will do nothing but strengthen my appreciation for him as an artist. Also, I never thought I'd actually care about what Ashton Kutcher has to say but he posted some very good points on his Twitter (@aplusk) - That is, the media should respect the anonymity of his children and shouldn't prey on them in such a fragile state.
R.I.P Michael Jackson, you will be missed.
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