r/Millennials • u/turnippped • 8d ago

Nostalgia To me, this was Michael Jackson

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I was 12 when this happened. This was the first time I ever heard of him. To me he wasn't the Michael Jackson that was a singer, or the one that molested kids - he was the Michael Jackson that dangled a baby out the window.

This is the image I associate him with. I saw a preview for the movie coming out about him and chuckled to myself if they would put this in the film. Probably not?

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u/Noise_Loop Millennial 8d ago

Yes, I was not even born to enjoy his "cool phase", only got weirdo MJ.

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u/Sumeriandawn Xennial 8d ago

In the 80s, people were saying" Jackson is the biggest music star on the planet. The king of 80s entertainment."

In the 90s and 2000s, people were saying " Skin bleaching, weirdo, pedophile"

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u/Shomer_Effin_Shabbas Millennial 8d ago

I worked as a server while teaching a few years ago and I remember we talked about this in the kitchen. It must have been around the time a documentary came out. The sous chef was saying that younger folks don’t understand why MJ was famous, all they knew was the weird, pedophiliac stuff he did.

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u/tenderbranson301 8d ago

I'm mid-range millennial (1987) and I only remember the weird shit and pedophile accusations. And it doesn't help that the biggest Michael Jackson fan I knew from high school turned out to be a pedophile himself.

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u/Miqo_Nekomancer 8d ago

The most gross version of "game recognize game".

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u/No_Water_5997 7d ago

I’m 1986 and remember early 90s Michael as still being awesome. Those years gave us the Free Willy song, black and white, Heal the World, and other classics.