Michael Jackson memorabilia and merchandise is just flying off the shelves right now. I’m personally selling the sequined glove that I obtained by shaking the King of Pop’s hand extra firmly – go ahead and get it DNA tested to make sure it’s got MJ’s pasty white skin flakes inside. Was Michael’s death really from anal cancer? Oh no: that was Farrah Fawcett: it’s so confusing when celebrities have the nerve to pass within hours of each other. Then a Jeff Goldblum death hoax rippled around twitter sending gear with his name on it shooting up on Ebay. I just wish someone would propagate a rumor of my demise: maybe my novel would sell a copy or two.
Here is my contribution to the Story of the Year consumer frenzy:
Deluxe Michael Jackson Thriller Halloween Costume Mask
(Reported King of Pop sightings might rival those of the deceased ‘King’ Elvis)
Michael’s death at 50 years old really should prove to everyone that he was actually innocent of the infamous child molestation charge-‘only the good die young’. That trite phrase proves by Jackson’s early death, that the utterly anal justice system is NOT the verdict-for-cash deal everyone really believes it is (cough-cough). Actually, one might have expected Michael Jackson to pass away of anal cancer after the butt rape the media gave his [UNTRIED] reputation before and during his high-visibility child molestation case.
My point here: (do I really have one) is that fame is wasted on the famous. Michael Jackson made his fame and then tried to avoid it: just as every other celebrity seems to do too. I think his one chance to make a real statement for truth came and went at his trial. Instead of saying: “from the judge, to the lawyers, and the court reporter, you’re all just money-grubbing slough-sharks and your non-justice law system is a crime against humanity”, Michael Jackson just meekly begged: “let me have my day in court.” And his highly paid lawyer bought the verdict at the expense of whatever reputation Michael had left – after the press was finished raking him over. Where is justice? It doesn’t exist in the rule-of law because the rule-of-law is a giant sham.
I hope one day someone with the fame make a difference will by saying something meaningful instead of only self-serving tripe-but I’m not holding my breath. Oh well, goodbye Michael: I know you’re in a better place so I envy you for that. You were a damn fine musician and a hell-of-a moonwalker, but like every other celebrity, alive or dead, you were just a façade of something that might’ve been special.
