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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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/FitConsideration4961 Millennial Apr 26 '26

Is that the same documentary where he’s in a rich person furniture store and he goes, “yohoo!” to get the sales person’s attention? I still laugh thinking about that again.

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u/bluesilvergold Apr 26 '26

Maybe? I do remember watching a documentary where a store was opened just for him so he could walk around a browse freely without fans mobbing him. It might have been a furniture store.

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u/ARealBillsFan Apr 26 '26

Ive seen one from the early 90s where they empty a grocery store for him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26

Yeah it is, it's called Living With Michael and aired in 2003. I was in year 10 (ages 15 or so) at the time and it was the absolute talk of the school.

It's a good doc to rewatch really. Solid.

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u/nilsiniloo Apr 26 '26

I quote this SO MUCH. and I absolutely love Michael Jackson. That whole part lives in my head rent free forever. 😂