No, sorry. I was never a big fan of this iconic figure. But there are lots of fans.
I have always been fascinated by what makes a public figure into an icon of our society. Nixon, Kennedy, Earhart, Kronkite, Marilyn, Farrah Fawcett, John Lennon and a few others. You know the ones. They were the first or the biggest or the most fortunate or maybe just the most puzzling. A couple simply knew how to lie in the face of undeniable truth. “I am not a crook.” “I haven’t had cosmetic surgery.”
Sure, they did things; some made contributions big and small, intrinsically important and utterly useless. A lot of people do that. But for some people, there is something else, another element. No matter what they produced or didn’t or what they did or didn’t do, something squeezed them beyond “Famous” to “Iconic” status. How does that happen?
So for me. Michael Jackson will always be the icon, the poster boy, for what can happen to someone who has more money than can be spent and has no skill at managing it.
King of Pop? Okay, that too if you want.
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I have always felt that we collectors of "Lost" photographs were really "rescuing" old photographs. In reality, they are not lost anymore. They have been found and saved. Rescued.
When a small town newspaper updated their system of receiving photographs from the wire service by laser-fax, a large box of a few hundred AP laser-fax photographs was rescued from the dumpster.
Yeah, well... These then really are a few rescued photographs, saved 15 years in a file folder labeled "That Odd Jackson Bunch". The guilty parties know who they are.
And: The Learning Curve presents some points that you might not have thought about too.
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Michael Jackson about 1972 when he was 13 years old.
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Michael Jackson in about 1977 when he was 18 years old.
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Michael - Jul 1984. The trademark sequined glove on the "Victory" tour.
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Jackson - Jan 27 1984 This is the famous scene for a commercial where his hair catches fire. Brother Germain, with guitar, is unaware of what has happened.
Jackson Michael - Feb 1992. Pepsi spokesperson.
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Michael and Lisa Marie - Aug 05 and Aug 06 1994
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Michael and Lisa Marie Aug 08 1994
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Michael - Oct 08 1994. Doin' the hustle ...
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Michael and Lisa Marie and King Nana Amon Ndoufou IV - Jan 21 1995.
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Michael and unidentified companion - Jan 26 1995 Signing autographs. ?
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Michael Jackson - Apr 08 1995. At Neverland
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Michael and Lisa Marie - Jun 13 1995 With Diane Sawyer
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Michael Jackson from "Scream" video - about Jun 13 1995
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Michael Jackson with Shawn Stockman - Jun 22 1995. Stockman is from the group Boyz II Men.
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Michael and Lisa Marie - Jul 28 1995. Making the video "You Are Not Alone"
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Michael Jackson smiles for the camera - Jul 25 1995
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Michael and Janet Jackson get a MTV award - Sep 07 1995. Notorious Big and Bill Belamy attend.
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Michael - Sep 07 1995. At the 12th anual MTV Video Music Awards.
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Michael Jackson and Slash - Sep 07 1995. Doing a medley at the 1995 MTV Video Awards
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Michael Jackson with the President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings - Nov 01 1995
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Michael Jackson in Paris - Dec 20 1995
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