Ok, people. It's been two weeks. Michael Jackson's condition is not changing. It's not curable, it's permanent. He's dead. Guess who else is dead? Steve McNair, Billy Mays, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden and Robert McNamara. And those are within about a week of MJ. Not that you'd be able to tell, there's little to no coverage about it. Oh, and the number of these other celebrities even accused of child molestation: 0. And yet MJ is the big tragedy. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of hearing breaking news every time a member of the Jackson family so much as sneezes.
I get it, he was a great musician and he died young. But really, if any other drug addicted "alleged" child molester died, would anyone want to give him any press? Heck, the little bit of press I hear over Steve McNair questions "How will we remember McNair? A Hall-of-Fame caliber QB, charitable man in his community, or just some gunned down, cheating SOB?" Really? Just because he was killed by his mistress, he's instantly a potential scumbag and everything he did for Nashville and Baltimore is tossed aside? Yet we praise Jackson, who was in the news multiple times for raping kids, had crazy behavior like hanging his kids over balconies, and is said to be addicted to multiple meds. But he's beloved by all.
It's not that I dislike MJ, but I think the amount of press we give him compared to all the other public figures that have died recently is ridiculous. A televised public funeral set in a major arena with celebrity performances and security detail so tight it cost the city of Los Angeles 4 MILLION DOLLARS?! Sorry folks, he's dead, and forever will be. It's time to move on.
Honestly, I'm half surprised Michael Jackson didn't sit up in the casket halfway through, jump out and start doing the Thriller dance with all his celebrity friends that showed up to this funeral. Part of me thought maybe it was just a huge ploy to promote his upcoming comeback concert tour, because no one REALLY deserves to have their death be such a public spectacle. Forget memorial, that was a circus.
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