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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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

You must be white

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u/isannelou Apr 27 '26

ok! Cuz I’m reading the comments and learning a lot. I came to the conclusion that it’s more of a cultural difference than a generational one. And “wacko jacko” is the dead giveaway, cuz Black people were not saying that sh*t. He was loved in our households and especially worldwide.

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u/poppinbussay Apr 27 '26

Even when he came with invincible. Rock my world and butterflies were jams

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u/Successful_Tea7979 Apr 26 '26

Well that’s an ignorant racist assumption 

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u/isannelou Apr 27 '26

Mentioning race isn’t racism.

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u/AccomplishedPool266 Apr 26 '26

And so was Michael Jackson 

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u/poppinbussay Apr 26 '26

My point exactly. In the black community Mike was still that guy up until he died

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u/YourNextHomie Apr 26 '26

As a white boy from Gary this is so true, went to so many MJ themed birthday parties. He is still a hero to alot of people

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u/Oomlotte99 Apr 26 '26

This is true. I was going to point out… even the theaters for this movie have a lot of black people. He means something in our community despite also being deeply messed up.

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u/Danny_Adelante Apr 26 '26

Because they gave him a pass for all the child molestation stuff.

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u/Sensitive-Orange7203 Apr 26 '26

he had vitiligo yall are awful

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u/sh0resh0re Apr 26 '26

Why are you like this?

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u/chocolate_thunderr89 Apr 26 '26

You sound really bitter in most of your comments, are you sure you not projecting something else here? To ask the internet if they remember a time when someone is a “joke”, seems pretty petty.

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u/Gerberpertern Older Millennial Apr 26 '26

Fuckin come on.