I hope he finds the childhood that he never had, over on the other side.

I remember seeing it when I was 10. Scared the mierda out of me

BTW, before anyone goes there, See You Next Wednesday doesn’t have anything to do with John Keel’s famous “Wednesday phenomena.”

In Thriller this is something said by someone in the film that Michael and Ola are watching, just before they leave the theater. See you next Wednesday was the first screenplay he wrote, when he was a teen. Since then it has been treated by him as a background item in most of his productions, either as movie posters, or mentioned in conversation. It was referenced in Shlock, for instance, as well as in American Werewolf in London, and I think in all his films. It’s his personal in-joke and something that Landis fans like to spot.

I remember watching the “Making of Thriller” film years ago. Did not know some of the information you gave. Thanks.

Well, it looks to me like we’re in for “Michael Weekend” real fast.
I say this will last about two weeks. Maybe slightly less.
Including the funeral, the attempted settling of various lawsuits, the question of who gets his children (I think it has been announced his mother will get custody of them) and the discussion as to whether Jacko really can truly be called the “Elvis of this generation.” Among other things.

Plus the sincerely real question of whether his demise was due to doctors/confidantes/friends administering drugs to him recklessly—aggravating his decades-long prescription drug habit, a la Anna Nicole.

Another question is the very real possibility he may have had acute Anorexia, which may have been one of the contributing factors to his death. Honestly, I do not understand how he lived to be 50 with his various conditions.

Since battle lines have already been drawn between roughly A) people who admit he was a “troubled, disturbed soul” but choose to remember and testify to the greatness/genius of the enterntainer and to his impact in world culture, or B) folks who are muttering “Burn in Hell” under their breaths right now and are puzzled right now as to how anybody could like a “guy like him,” I have to say I’m in the first camp.

Whatever he probably did, that was not the “whole” of the man.
The Almighty will take care of him, whatever he did or did not do. “God” will be the final determiner of his fate, not us.
If you are an atheist, one can say that posterity will be the judge.

But we cannot just stop listening to his records and just dismiss him as a “sick molester” without first acknowledging that with a family like his, you’d turn out screwed up, to. No excuse for whatever he “did” but one can “understand”.

To be honest, I think he may have been “weird” enough to NOT have done what he was accused of. The truth comes somewhere in the middle. He may have done some, but not all of things. It may have been he did not do anything but he had “predilections.” It could also be he was innocent but his behavior was weird enough that folks got the wrong idea.

The fans and others who are clogging the streets out there atoday re not necessarily “stupid,” as some cynical people have suggested today. Some of them may be, but most of them I guess are not. They understand that MJ may have been “misunderstood,” or at LEAST not the “best person on Earth” but they are willing to at least look past that and see what they feel is the GREATER part of him, which changed lives (and world culture) in some ways.

Ultimately this is a matter of whether one can separate the man from his “works.” And judging by that template, I at least can.
The joy and good he brought to millions ultimately transcend whatever “bad” he may have done.

A great portion of the great souls and artisits of this world had demons nibbling at their heels. Look at Wagner. Reprehensible human being, superb artist. Still listened to. Perfect example of “joy coming above human foibles.”

I guess some folks just want the whole of humanity to stop listening to Jackson records and put an engraving over his tombstone saying “Michael Jackson—Freakish Child Molester”—and that’s it. Just remember him as that. That ain’t gonna happen and it shouldn’t. That is not looking at the bigger picture and the totality of the man, like I stated above.
And I totally understand that that is MY opinion, and not everyone will agree with that. Soem folks cannot do that.

Whatever he WAS or was NOT, he deserves admiration (at least for his influence, his genius and the way he changed world culture), mourning, and deserved remembrance. Also, for the sheer human tragedy that was his life. Added to that the fact that he was able to rise somewhat above a nightmarish childhood and bring forth beauty out of it. RIP, King Of Pop.