Enough Already

[shipperx]

Michael Jackson died.  It was a surprise.  We didn't see it coming.  He used to be a megastar and then he grew progressively... odd.  We get it.  Enough. We don't need to hear about it 24/7 on every freaking channel or have tickets to his FUNERAL auctioned off.  It's morbid and bizarre (albeit, he may have liked it).  But, ENOUGH!  Move along.  Nothing left to see here.

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[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Amen! No, you/re not the only child of the 80s who never bought a Michael Jackson album. I didn't I either; my dad was a fan. I remember thinking the thriller video was cool (this was on Friday Night Videos; we lived so far out in the boonies we only got 1 1/2 TV stations; much too far away for cable!) and watching everyone in the middle school talent show try and moonwalk that year!

We play music via pandora at work at night; once the families have mostly gone home. Apparently there's an All Michael Jackson station because it's been playing in every room Every Night for a week now. My coworker keeps going on and on about how she never did think he was molesting little boys...

He was clearly culturally important, but it's been a long time since he was better know for his music than his weirdness. I wonder if some of the obsessive coverage is guilt for mocking him for years?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I think 'guilt for mocking' may be playing into it. They really shouldn't need to go to such opposite extremes.