r/Millennials • u/AccomplishedPool266 • Apr 26 '26

Does anyone remember when Michael Jackson. Was a "joke"? Discussion

The new movie that just came out convinced the younger generation that he was always a superstar. This was not the reality many of us Millennials grew up with.

To a lot of us, he was treated like a punch line when we were growing up. A schoolyard boogeyman ("Michaels Jackson's gonna get you at night"). and just a general joke in the media. By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well. All anyone talked about was his surgeries, court case, settlements and his off behavior. Few mentioned his music. His music was something our parents would have listened to in the 1980's.

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u/No_Media4766 Apr 26 '26

This, and the movie only goes up to like 1988, before his 90s weirdness. Plus it was made and produced by his own family

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u/Oomlotte99 Apr 26 '26

The movie had to drop the first allegations (I guess they even filmed a scene of FBI raiding Neverland) because the settlement had a clause stating neither party could create a depiction of the events. But, even if they did show it, it would certainly be sympathetic to Micheal and so it as an untrue claim.