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Saturday, May 14, 2005

Michael Jackson and the media

I just finished watching a movie based on Michael Jacksons life. I think it was called 'Man in the Mirror'. And just a couple of years ago I watched the documentary 'Living with Michael'(Im not sure that is the name of it).
Now, there has been so much Michael in the media, I dont know what to believe. The man is in his 40's and lives in Neverland. A ranch like something out of a storybook, with ferris wheels, and go carts, and tigers. It is like a fantasy. And as far as I can tell, that reflects his inner being. Michael Jackson actually seems to live in a fantasy world. A world of make believe.
Clearly, you are more than likely aware of the alligations that he has faced in his life, and the new ones recently. I just wonder if he is innocent or guitly. Now, everything about the Neverland ranch and his creepy demeanor, point towards the fact that he may very well be a child molester. But somehow, that makes me wonder if he really is. It seems to me that achild molester would be more secretive about his fascination with children, for fear that people would figure him out. But Michael has openly admitted to caring for children, to sharing his bed with kids that were not his own.
When I see him, he looks to be very messed up, like there may be a few screws loose in his head. Maybe he is just a grown man who is a child on the inside. Maybe he does just love children, and want to make them happy. I dont know.
Now, considering the aligations he faced over ten years, and his general weirdness, ask meif I would ever let my nieces have a sleepover with him in Neverland, and my answer would certainly be 'not a chance in this world'. Which leads me to the question, "who in their right mind would let their child share a bed with him? Have a sleepover?" I tell you what I think about that, someone who wants money. Why else would you allow your child to spend the night with Michael Jackson? A man who has already been charged with sexually molesting children?
When I see him in the news, it breaks my heart. Partially because I really dont think that he is guilty. Its just so sad to see someone stuck in an imaginary world that he created for himself.
And then there was the whole dangling Prince Michael the second over the balcony in Germany. Weird as it was for him to do that, I dont understand the whole media frenzy over it. Clearly he wasnt going to let his son fall. He had a tight grip in the child. If anyone else had held a baby for 1/2 a second that way to show someone their baby, nothing would have been said about it. Its just sad. Its sad that since he was just a boy, he has been surrounded by the media, which has twisted his words, murdered his character, and messed with his head.
Clearly, he is not well. What man names their firstborn son Prince Michael the first and their second born son Prince Michael the second? Sometimes I just wish I could sit down and talk to Michael Jackson, or get inside of his head, or just try to understand how he got to be this way.
The only thing Im certain of in this whole Michael Jackson trial, Im sure glad Im not a member of this jury.

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