Thursday, June 25, 2009

Michael Jackson

It is customary to say something nice about someone who has died.

Good luck for anyone trying this with Michael Jackson.

Too many creepy stories about child molesting. Too much freakish plastic surgery. Too many weird stunts like putting veils on his own kids.

This guy redefined strange. He pushed the boundaries so far that other celebs seemed almost normal when they went into rehab or committed a felony.

You want to hear something nice about MJ? OK; he put out a nice album 27 years ago.

Almost everything else is too pathetic to waste time over.

4 comments:

Mack said...

Poor Michael Jackson -- no one in his entourage had the backbone to tell him no.

PJ said...

Here come the morality police judging an artist for his lifestyle instead of the music. The link between mental illness and creativity is a fascinating topic, too deep and subtle for Tom and the Enterprise editorial department on a blog post. Forget he was never actually convicted for indecency with a child? If only perfect people could produce art and run for office, where would this world be? Even Christ challenged humanity to think before casting the first stones. Peace at last for the King of Pop.

Sven the Viking said...

Nothing against the King, but I wouldn't want him "babysitting" my children.

Galoshes WD40 said...

He could dance okay, but he could never compete with the Nicholas Brothers. And as for his singing, falsetto isn't cool even with old church ladies.