Do you think that the Michael Jackson news coverage

[davy39]

this whole Jackson thing has driven me to watch the game show network. Also, we have rfd-tv and EWTN. Thank God!

 

[GEddie]

I sort of feel sorry for the other ‘celebrities’ that have died right around this time. Due to all the MJ coverage there hasn’t been much room for coverage on these other people. Even in death one person is more of a celebrity than others.

I call it the “John Lennon effect”: a cultural star, dying tragically, right about the time their greatest fan base starts missing their youth. The two factors reinforce and stratospherize the attention paid to the death.

It all balances out in the end, though: nobody is a celebrity in Purgatory:

 

[cathgal]

I sort of feel sorry for the other ‘celebrities’ that have died right around this time. Due to all the MJ coverage there hasn’t been much room for coverage on these other people. Even in death one person is more of a celebrity than others.

TV coverage?

They can care less about that from where they’re at now.

What you should feel sorry for is the one who has no prayer said for them.

So start praying…

 

[colliric]

I think considering his influence on the music and entertainment world, the coverage is not excessive.

I’ve been chatting with various figure skating (ice) fans and athletes, and we’ve been analyzing how many figure skaters and teams have skated to Michael Jackson music over the decades. It’s amazing how many skating programs we’ve come up with, especially in the discipline of synchronized skating. And almost every skater has skated to Michael Jackson music at some time in their life, even if they haven’t taken their Jackson programs to national and international levels. Mr. Jackson was a major influence in the sport of figure skating, and I would say provided a perfect model of highly-synchronized dance for synchro and dance teams to strive for.

And that’s just figure skating. So many other areas have been influenced by Mr. Jackson’s music.

He was also a major influence on breaking down color barriers in the entertainment industry.

No one is forcing anyone to watch or read the coverage. I can see why someone might object if a school teacher required students to watch it all (most schools in the U.S. are closed in July, but not all). But it’s optional. Turn it off or close the newspaper/magazine, or switch off the radio.

I think that the coverage is making all of us think about our worldview, our religious faith, and our mental and physical health. Although we would love to have his talent and showmanship, most of us would not want to be like Michael Jackson. We want to be healthy in all areas of our life.

It’s also showing us that all the money in the world (which he had at one point in the 1980s!) cannot buy happiness, normalcy, health, and a loving family.

It is a delusion to believe that Michael truly ever had any sort of control over his estates, even in the 1980’s… he only had control over so much as “Sony Music” and it’s cohorts let him. As soon as he became less profitable or unprofitable for them they threatened to withdraw his music contract(especially after his last album semi-flopped).

I was once in a student filmmaking course and I learned a little about how such industries work… For a movie to “break even”, that is to make it’s profit back, it needed to take twice it’s budget at the box office, the reason being that the cinema took their cut, the distribute took their cut, the production company takes it’s cut of the profits, and finally the actual people who were responsible for the film take their cut(of which, of the “core” crew the Writer, who was responsible for the most important element in the film’s production, the actual Script, normally gets payed the least). I’m sure the music industry is very similar.

The point being that Michael, you would find, as an originating artist would have been the last person to see the money. So even though he did have lots of money… it would have been a small pebble compaired to “Sony Music’s” large rock. The man still owned the Beatles music rights and was still in financial struggles when he died.

 

[music_shines]

I am sorry and i hope no one takes offense to this but… Micheal Jackson, no matter what people say had a huge impact on music and dance around the WORLD. Music and the arts are a big part of my life and i am very passionate about them. He inspired countless people. He is getting so much coverage because, like me, many people grew up listening to him being played throughout their households and because he had such a great impact on the creative world today.

---- music_shines :harp:

 

[Cat]

I am sorry and i hope no one takes offense to this but… Micheal Jackson, no matter what people say had a huge impact on music and dance around the WORLD. Music and the arts are a big part of my life and i am very passionate about them. He inspired countless people. He is getting so much coverage because, like me, many people grew up listening to him being played throughout their households and because he had such a great impact on the creative world today.

---- music_shines :harp:

Absolutely. I agree entirely.

 

[Cat]

It is a delusion to believe that Michael truly ever had any sort of control over his estates, even in the 1980’s… he only had control over so much as “Sony Music” and it’s cohorts let him. As soon as he became less profitable or unprofitable for them they threatened to withdraw his music contract(especially after his last album semi-flopped).

I was once in a student filmmaking course and I learned a little about how such industries work… For a movie to “break even”, that is to make it’s profit back, it needed to take twice it’s budget at the box office, the reason being that the cinema took their cut, the distribute took their cut, the production company takes it’s cut of the profits, and finally the actual people who were responsible for the film take their cut(of which, of the “core” crew the Writer, who was responsible for the most important element in the film’s production, the actual Script, normally gets payed the least). I’m sure the music industry is very similar.

The point being that Michael, you would find, as an originating artist would have been the last person to see the money. So even though he did have lots of money… it would have been a small pebble compaired to “Sony Music’s” large rock. The man still owned the Beatles music rights and was still in financial struggles when he died.

Yes, on paper he was broke, but he still had a lot of buying power, a LOT more than I, even though my husband and I are gainfully employed and make a comfortable income.

Jackson lived in a mansion filled with beautiful objects, and apparently in spite of his financial straits, no one was kicking him out of the mansion or repossessing his objects. If my husband and I didn’t make our house payments, we would be out on the street. But creditors seemed happy enough to allow MJ to continue to live a lavish lifestyle–lavish compared to ours and most other Americans, that is.

And he flew all over the world–we’re happy to be able to drive to Massachusetts to drop our daughter off at her internship–that was our big trip of the year.

He had a private physician in attendance. NO physician would attend someone for free, unless it is a physician who volunteers at his/her local charity clinic. That M.D. was getting payed quite a bit, and I’m pretty certain it wasn’t coming from Medicaid, like so many other people in the U.S.

He rode in limos . For most of us, a limo is a rare treat–prom, wedding, anniversary, funeral.

I could go on, but the point is, a lot of people were willing to sell things to MJ, in spite of his “broke” status, while many other people in the U.S. are just hoping to buy groceries. He was materially rich, at least on paper, and at least as far as creditors were concerned. Perhaps they realized that after he died, they would be paid back by all the after-death income, which according to the media, will surpass anything he ever made in life.

 

[7_Sorrows]

as controversial as his personal life was - he was still a music and dance legend.
considering he has been around on our tv screens and on our radios for almost 45 years - he has been part of our culture. i thought the memorial service today was dignified. what i find excessive is all of the drama that goes on around the estate and the children, etc.
unfortunately. we will be hearing news about this for a long time.