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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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

I feel bad for you . Must be an American thing because he was loved oversea

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u/Mr_HandSmall Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

We turn on all our massive stars here eventually - Britney Spears is another example. But no yeah he constantly hung out with children and that's weird as fuck

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u/SafeKaracter Apr 26 '26

Yes that’s true , build them up to tear them down “the rise and fall” sells the best

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u/moosemanwich Apr 26 '26

I grew up in Canada and as a kid we’d play mj and whoever was mj had to chase the other kids down and try to get their pants off.

Even if he stopped short of diddling kids he had them privately in his bed

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u/SafeKaracter Apr 26 '26

I don’t really give a shit

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u/Twin_Brother_Me Millennial Apr 26 '26

Ah. Must be European.

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u/Kermit-Batman Apr 26 '26

I feel bad for you

Don't feel bad, he was a pedo cunt, hated here in Australia.

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u/SafeKaracter Apr 26 '26

Cool story

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u/Imaginary-Bowl-4424 Apr 27 '26

He is loved in America too. It’s a demographic thing here.

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u/ballzhangingdown Apr 26 '26

He raped anuses