The Jacksons were a poor family from a lower income blue collar working community in Gary, Indiana. It was Joe Jackson that recognized talent in his kids and was ready to have them support he and Katherine in the manner to which they would have liked to have become accustomed. Joe Jackson was successful at promoting a bunch of kids with enough talent to move them into the limelite to where Barry Gordy of Motown Records saw them and took a chance. It was that act of kindness by Barry Gordy, and also desire to rake in the bucks on his behalf that made the Jackson 5.
There was also very little doubt that none of the Jackson children had anything resembling a normal childhood.
In addition, the Jackson family grew up under the "umbrella" of an extremely opressive religious doctrine and belief system. This did not help any of the kids and probably by puberty added to Michael's psychological problems.
I spent a good portion of my life in training for and more than a couple of years working successfully as a professional musician in and around Hollywood. When you work in recording studios and around sound stages you hear things. Some of what you hear you take and throw away like a grain of salt, other things you hear are not so easily discarded.
Michael Jackson was injured numerous times in both rehearsal and in the making of his rock videos. Though injuries are common, what is not common is the addiction to work and the financial pressures he was under. From what I heard before his forced retirement and all the controversy surrounding him, he rarely gave in to injury and often things were not medically treated as they should have been simply because as is common in show business many incomes and those of promoters and agents all depend on what the entertainer does. Delays and recouperations cost all of the people behind the scenes a great deal of money which they resent intensely. It is far easier to find some "hack" MD who is a "Dr. Feelgood" to shoot up the performer with drugs to alleviate the pain rather than to ever get proper medical attention and healing. There are many "Dr. Feelgoods" in and around the entertainment industry and the list of people with drug problems based on this is or has been staggering.
The poster citing Curt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and others who died from overdoses of "recreational drugs" is on the right track, but, not on the total truth.
I think that the best example and comparison is none of the above but instead actor "Jeff Conaway" who appeared as "Bobby Wheeler" in Taxi and also was in both the movie and Broadway versions of "Grease". Jeff Conaway suffered horrific back injuries and to treat his injuries and pain he found a "Dr. Feelgood". This MD based on both the available assets and notariety prescribled incredible dosages of prescription pain killers. Jeff Conaway has been in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics again and again for addiction to these drugs and at the same time is so totally crippled and unable to move because of pain that it is pathetic.
This is quite similar to what over time happened to Michael. Injuries left untreated were made worse instead of better by improper medical care.
After Michael's death, the fact that he was in supporting other family members did come out in the financial audits of his estate. Allowances were paid to Katherine and Joe and several of the brothers as I remember. Both of the girls had enough success on their own to keep the cash flowing without his help.
Based on all of the complexities, and an estate that will take years to completely resolve and settle, will probably expose a great deal more of the finances as time goes on.
I was at no time a fan of Michael Jackson with regards to his music. I can also say the same of "Prince", but, I respect the talent of both of these men and the work that they go to and have gone to, to reach the levels in the profession that they have.
With regards to the size of Michael Jackson's genitals, based on all of the clothing that could have been revealing that was used in his performances over the years, and the absence of anything significant in view, even well disguised, I would guess that what was there was either very average or less than average.
That being said, I think that pursuit of what Jackson had in his pants is disrespectful of his many years of work and his contributions to music in general. It is also disrespectful of a an abused adult who came from an abused childhood.
Few inside showbusiness history have been as "handled" and as "managed" as Jackson was. The only one that comes to mind outside of show business was the late billionaire Howard Hughes.
Rest in Peace Michael, because this is the first peace he's had since childhood.
There was also very little doubt that none of the Jackson children had anything resembling a normal childhood.
In addition, the Jackson family grew up under the "umbrella" of an extremely opressive religious doctrine and belief system. This did not help any of the kids and probably by puberty added to Michael's psychological problems.
I spent a good portion of my life in training for and more than a couple of years working successfully as a professional musician in and around Hollywood. When you work in recording studios and around sound stages you hear things. Some of what you hear you take and throw away like a grain of salt, other things you hear are not so easily discarded.
Michael Jackson was injured numerous times in both rehearsal and in the making of his rock videos. Though injuries are common, what is not common is the addiction to work and the financial pressures he was under. From what I heard before his forced retirement and all the controversy surrounding him, he rarely gave in to injury and often things were not medically treated as they should have been simply because as is common in show business many incomes and those of promoters and agents all depend on what the entertainer does. Delays and recouperations cost all of the people behind the scenes a great deal of money which they resent intensely. It is far easier to find some "hack" MD who is a "Dr. Feelgood" to shoot up the performer with drugs to alleviate the pain rather than to ever get proper medical attention and healing. There are many "Dr. Feelgoods" in and around the entertainment industry and the list of people with drug problems based on this is or has been staggering.
The poster citing Curt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and others who died from overdoses of "recreational drugs" is on the right track, but, not on the total truth.
I think that the best example and comparison is none of the above but instead actor "Jeff Conaway" who appeared as "Bobby Wheeler" in Taxi and also was in both the movie and Broadway versions of "Grease". Jeff Conaway suffered horrific back injuries and to treat his injuries and pain he found a "Dr. Feelgood". This MD based on both the available assets and notariety prescribled incredible dosages of prescription pain killers. Jeff Conaway has been in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics again and again for addiction to these drugs and at the same time is so totally crippled and unable to move because of pain that it is pathetic.
This is quite similar to what over time happened to Michael. Injuries left untreated were made worse instead of better by improper medical care.
After Michael's death, the fact that he was in supporting other family members did come out in the financial audits of his estate. Allowances were paid to Katherine and Joe and several of the brothers as I remember. Both of the girls had enough success on their own to keep the cash flowing without his help.
Based on all of the complexities, and an estate that will take years to completely resolve and settle, will probably expose a great deal more of the finances as time goes on.
I was at no time a fan of Michael Jackson with regards to his music. I can also say the same of "Prince", but, I respect the talent of both of these men and the work that they go to and have gone to, to reach the levels in the profession that they have.
With regards to the size of Michael Jackson's genitals, based on all of the clothing that could have been revealing that was used in his performances over the years, and the absence of anything significant in view, even well disguised, I would guess that what was there was either very average or less than average.
That being said, I think that pursuit of what Jackson had in his pants is disrespectful of his many years of work and his contributions to music in general. It is also disrespectful of a an abused adult who came from an abused childhood.
Few inside showbusiness history have been as "handled" and as "managed" as Jackson was. The only one that comes to mind outside of show business was the late billionaire Howard Hughes.
Rest in Peace Michael, because this is the first peace he's had since childhood.
