I agree with SC: very difficult to judge someone whose life has been so largely covered.
Doesn't that make it more easy to judge him? The fact that his life has been so largely covered?
I'm not sad that Michael Jackson is dead. I understand and respect his talent and influence on the music industry, but I can't help but think that he was so great that most people are able to look past him molesting children.
Is it really possible for someone to become so famous that their despicable actions are accepted because we all are in awe of the fame? It's a sad example of current society.
Take a look at this:
What comes to mind when you look at this? That Pablo Picasso was a complete asshole (nicest way put possible) to all the women in his life, or that's one fucking great painting?
George Orwell once wrote this nuanced piece about painter/Franco Spain collaborator Salvador Dali, and strangely it applies of sorts to right now:
"One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dalí is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being. The one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other."
Now as for The Gloved One...The evidence pointed to him being a pedophile, even though he was acquinted in Court (as much because he was a celebrity, like O.J. Simpson) and that's that. Still at his peak did some good music.
