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MICHAEL JACKSON, WORLD FAMOUS PEDOPHILE, DEAD AT 50
OK, you can call him a pedophile, and maybe he was ... we don't actually know that. But calling him untalented puts you in the league of people who deny the Holocaust, and people who claim we never landed on the moon. (And maybe you are both ... who knows?)
MJ was extraordinarily talented, whether you liked him or not. Oh, and the Holocaust happened. And we really did land men on the moon.
So don't taint your good argument with bad thinking. If you hated him for his foibles, stick to the argument.
Fine. Talented compared to who? My 13 year old niece? Yes, if that is your yardstick then he was hugely talented.
But let me rattle off a few names here of people I think had it all over Michael Jackson, talent wise:Frank Sinatra
Judy Garland
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Donald O'Connor
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Bernadette Peters
Ethel Merman
Bette Middler
Liza Minneli
Tommy Tunes
Most of the cast of the original Chorus LineAnd that's just off the top of my head. Every single one of those people could dance better than Jackson. Every one of them could sing better than Jackson. If you believe otherwise you know nothing of dancing or singing. Jackson had some talent. He was blessed with a great producer in Quincy Jones who found material (Jackson wrote few of his mega hits) for him. Jackson also benefited from the services of some of the best choreographers in the business for both his videos and stage shows.
In other words, he was a leech. He fed off the talent of others and packaged it, sold it, and promoted it thanks to the best PR and publicity team in the business. And people who are in the business know this but find it useful to jump on his bandwagon and call him a "great performer." Well, he was. But an "icon for the ages?"
It is to laugh.
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Comment Posted By Jonny Boy On 26.06.2009 @ 13:13
