Almost all of us know who Michael Jackson is and if you don’t you must have been living under a rock for your entire life. Michael Jackson is the most famous commercially successful entertainer of all time. His influence on all genres of music is unparalleled. He made his debut in 1964 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 and even then people around the group knew that he was a special talent. He began a solo career in 1971 and his 1982 album Thriller is the best selling album of all time. His influence on the world of fashion and dance can also be seen in today’s music. He was truly a legend before his time and a perfect example of Redmond’s “fame damage” and vision regime.
Celebrities in today’s age or people with supreme talent have power over us as a society. Tabloids and magazines discussing celebrities have experienced new spikes in popularity and sales. We become so fascinated with their lives that we often times forget about ours or we push the celebrities we love so much to the brink of insanity. Michael Jackson grew up his whole life under the spotlight of the media and this had an extreme affect on his life and even his death. Redmond basically says that with fame like Jackson’s come many other things like loss of privacy. They watched his every move from his childhood into his death. People felt like they were apart of his life and it eventually became overwhelming for Michael Jackson. When Michael Jackson died people didn’t give his family the privacy they really deserved and people today even speculate that he is still alive because they didn’t show his body at the funeral. At some point everybody needs privacy and even in the years leading up to his death the media constantly hounded him and surrounded his every move. It seems that even in death celebrities like Michael Jackson have power over our lives. Maybe its time to stop focusing on the lives of celebrities so much and worry about our own.
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