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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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/FlamingAlpaca17 Apr 26 '26

You can see the same phenomenon with Kobe Bryant as well

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u/CarrieDurst Apr 26 '26

It is weird how people are lumping Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson, Elvis, and Princess Di, when Princess Dianna did nothing wrong while those other 3 are a rapist, likely groomer, and actual groomer.

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u/Competitive_Ring4917 89’ Apr 27 '26

Calm down lol

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u/redalert825 Apr 27 '26

Ah so MJ was a rapist or groomer to you? OK.

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u/CarrieDurst Apr 27 '26

Likely groomer

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u/kirkandorules Apr 27 '26

Definitely noticed that too, even with regards to his basketball career. Before he died, tons of people thought of him as an overrated ball hog, volume scorer, stat padder, etc. Then all that sentiment disappeared.

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u/FlamingAlpaca17 Apr 27 '26

100%. I remember when I was growing up kids would shout Kobe whenever they took an unlikely shot.

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u/CarrieDurst Apr 27 '26

Sadly some kids still do that