#estate bashing

In his book "Einstein, Michael Jackson and Me" Howard Bloom laid out exactly what made MJ a visionary in the first place. Yes he was musically gifted, a terrific dancer and wrote music that still has a place in today's landscape, but what really set MJ apart was that he was able to see things as a child does. It's one of the reasons why his brothers never achieved the level of success he did. It's why Janet, despite being forward thinking enough to surround herself with advisors who managed to keep her creative vision secure. It's why Madonna, who despite her almost levelling MJ's success, had to keep up a steady output of releases to keep up (Mads:13, MJ:7).

MJ had a way of looking at the world, and developing his creative output according to how much energy and magic could be extracted from his audience. It's the same kind of buzz you get from going to an amusement park, or eating candy or viewing something exceptional for the very first time. Bottled Nostalgia and Elation. And it took literally everything out of him to do that, it drained him. He never half-assed anything.

The Estate is frightened of embracing this. The only time they've ever come close to achieving that level of Bottled Elation is the MJ Musical and I'd argue that it's the energy and respect the cast has for MJ that makes that a reality.

The REASON why the Estate is frightened of embracing this is because they're terrified of acknowledging the false accusations. They're frightened of even mentioning the word "Child" in the same breath as MJ. They think it'd be impossible to finally put an end to the slander MJ got in his life time. They're more interested in eeking out a profit based on the people who know the truth about his innocence over actually doing MJ's legacy justice (That Biopic is gonna be fucking messy, and I'm not looking forward to it in the slightest).

Child-like wonder does not equal something perverse. Innocence was vital to MJ's entire creative process. To be able to see the world like that was so important to his way of making art.

If they embraced the child-like wonder thing, put someone with more of a creative mindset in charge? MJ's post-humous output would FEEL more like MJ. Do a fucking 2d animated movie you cowards. Release the concert footage in 4k. Stop half assing promotion).

Make my knees shake. Make my heart flutter. Gimme the same wide-eyed wonder that I felt the first time I saw "Earth Song" on Top of the Pops when I was a little Frank.