This Is Sad

Let’s just say this up front. Michael Jackson’s “doctor” and I do say it in quotes, listen up AMA, ought to be bared from practice. Maybe I’m uninformed and you’ve done it already, but I don’t remember hearing anything. I don’t know if you can call him a drug pusher but, as I recall, there is something in the oath you guys take about doing no harm and it seems clear he did do harm for profit. He ought to be prosecuted.

That said, there is Michael’s cupability. I watched “This Is It” the documentary made out of the rehearsal film for his come back concert set to start eight days after he died.

I had heard it would show me that the tragedy was that Michael was on his way back and his genius was cut short by an untimely tragic death. Certainly his death was tragic, but watching his rehearsals was a sad experience.

I love come back stories, fighting back after being brought low to come back in triumph. That’s what I wanted. What I got was a tired narcissist trying to perform his old tricks. He wasn’t up to it. I watched really great dancers fawning over their self-important idol. It had to be hard going through their moves with the King of Pop wearing no clothes.

Maybe, ultimately that’s what Michael died of, his youthful narcissism, his belief in his own hype. Whatever kind of childhood he had, the man was fifty years old. How much more blatant can you be? He lived on Neverland ranch and refused to grow up. Michael Jackson was a false god, incapable of rising from his own ashes. I'm sorry for his passing but he should not be idolized. The truth is he died of a really screw up life aided by some heavey duty meds.