THE PASSING OF Michael Jackson, who simultaneously qualified for the titles of “The King of Pop” and “Wacko Jacko”, triggered the predictable media frenzy. Jackson wafted to the great concert hall in the sky on a tidal wave of narcotics, an interesting fate for a man of 50 with three children who constantly proclaimed that he was confined to the fantasy world of Peter Pan.
From just about anyone who qualified for the title of entertainer, celebrity, ambitious self-promoter, religious evangelist or Bill Clinton, came patently disingenuous hyperbole about Jackson’s contribution to popular music – bearing in mind these were the same individuals who could not run far enough away when he was facing child abuse charges...
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