author: margo jefferson
completion date: 18/10/10
Method: purchased
This is another pop culture book. As in another book I had to read for class. I don't know if it left me with any more knowledge about Michael Jackson though. He remains a compelling character. I don't know if it is possible to learn more about his life, because he was such a mysterious person. In her book, jefferson touches on his family life, and how he is not the most bizarre one in the family, he is just the most public.
What I find difficult about Jackson is that he was almost doomed to fail. He was severely abused as a child and began his life in showbiz so young that if he had turned out to be happy and healthy it would have been truly shocking. What I find tragic about him is that he was so set up to fail and to end up a freak of showbiz and we all just waited for his failure.
She mentioned something about jackson's transformation that I had never thug of before- that jackson's transformation was for us. He disfigured himself so that he became more what we wanted from him. He dangled prince Michael over the balcony for us. Because we, the mob were calling for blood. I don't know if there is a way to see what was going on to Michael or what happened to him and I don't feel that I know any more about Jackson than I did, I just feel worse about what happened to him.
xo- ellebee
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