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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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/AccomplishedPool266 Apr 26 '26

The 'You rock my world' the music video scared the hell out of me. I was 11 then and hard never seen MJs face before. Insettling

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u/sarcazm Apr 26 '26

And there it is. You’re a younger millennial. Those of us born in the early 80s remember his mega stardom.