Well, I Tweeted this within a couple hours of his passing on Thursday evening.(Yes, I know, I'm horrible.)
Then the NYT gets on the Jacko humor retrospective tip Friday evening, including some funny links dealing with his past behavior.
Of course, I'd already gotten two text jokes by that posting:
The first: "After Farrah Fawcett died, she went to Heaven, and upon arriving was asked what was her one wish for those she left behind on Earth. She replied, "Keep the children safe." Then Michael Jackson died."
The second: "What were Michael Jackson's final words? "Take me to Children's Hospital.'"
Now, before anyone gets all bent out of shape, this is a natural human reaction called "gallows humor." And whatever Jacko's many adult shortcomings (which too often eclipsed his creative excellence), I, at least, think they stemmed from his being an abused pre-adolescent who was responsible for being his family's meal ticket while working in a ethically dubious business in a morally dubious time.
When you spend your entire life trying to change the face of the "man in the mirror," and you looked like your father, you are trying to forget something bad.
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