Michael Jackson’s This is It!

On Sunday, we saw Michael Jackon’s valedictory This is it! on Vh1 (the rock necrophilia cable channel).  It was riveting and scary at the same time.  If Jackson had lost a step, you sure couldn’t see it.  His dancing and vocals were razor sharp and elegant.  And the music was beautiful and beautifully done.    Elvis in his final days was a pathetic, stumbling clod compared to Michael, whose final tour would have dazzled.  This is It! was really depressing. 

His ultra-capable crew called him “Sir”.   You could see how afraid they were of him, even as they delighted in his performance.  He was the ultiimate control freak. Jackson was definitely a non-carbon based life form.  Behind the mask, there was another mask.

In our toxic culture, when someone reaches Jackson’s rarefied heights, they have enough money and power to get whatever they want.  Their character can blossom or fester without interference. It is absurd to have convicted his physician of killing him.  Jackson was wealthy and powerful enough to find someone to “help him sleep”.  There was simply no-one with enough influence to tell him to take care.  Jackson had already left earth and was floating free in his own ego-space.  It was only a matter of time before he simply drifted away.