Saturday, 27 June 2009

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  The Jester of Pop Dies

  
  
  So these are some of my thoughts about Michael Jackson's passing:
  
  The Moon Walker
  Every kid growing up around my age in the 80's wanted to be like Mike.  Well at least moonwalk like him.  It was the coolest thing in the world.  This was around the time that break dancing was becoming popular too.  There had to be some influence between break dancing and Michael on some level.  We didn't desire to be Mike, but to move like him.  Even then we thought he was a bit weird. 
  
  The King Turns into the Clown Prince
  Whatever you want to throw in there to understand what happened from the time of Thriller to his changing actions and looks you have a large list to go from.  His childhood, abuse, child labor, family, fathers, brothers, sisters, Jehovah Witness family faith, his early celebrity, his self image, sexuality, burning hair, his seclusion, his adolescent behavior, his injuries, the press, the idolization, drug addiction, those who exploited him, his grandiose view of himself etc.   Michael unfortunate went from king to joke.  A joke he would later concede to in his turn as an alien in Men in Black and a few videos.  His strange actions as time went on.  From In Living Color to South Park, the joke was ongoing and never stopped.  Clearly, the guy needed both therapy and a true relationship with God, but his money and fame allowed him to avoid the internal changes and try to express the external goodness.
  
  The Backlash, Exodus and Islam
  Jacko fulfilled his wacko image by allowing or acting upon what people feared.  Was he abusing kids?  We may never know this side of heaven.  People are innocent until proven guilty by law, but the evidence still points to an unhealthy fascination with young boys on some level.  To a disturbing level.  The trial and his eventual exodus from the "Neverland" ranch showed the publics skepticism (at least in the US) of giving a by to his strange antics.  Thus, Jermaine sought to bring his brother into his new found Islamic faith.  We still don't know if Michael became a muslim, but I guess we will find out if he is buried in an Islamic fashion.  Even then we don't know if his family would play a role in that (either by his Muslim brother or Jehovah Witness parents).  Unfortunately, Michael seemed to dip his toe in a wide assortment of various religions and movements.  Seeking peace in some way, but never wanting or allowing any type of change to come about.
  
  
  
  The saddest part of this whole this is NOT about Micahel, his fans, his family or even his kids.  Those are sad, but it is NOT the saddest thing.  The saddest thing is that this event has overtaken an earlier event that had seen to be something that could have changed a large part of the world.  Not wacko Jacko, but the Iranian protestors in Iran.  Jacko has done the thing that the Mullah's in Iran were not able to do.  To get the focus off of them and on something else.  Now we get reports that Iranian Mullah is saying some protestors should be executed, but it is not front line news anymore.  It is more about Michael and how he died.  President Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollah Khamenei are not Michael Jackson fans.  This is sad, so sad on many levels.  
  
  

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