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    lolacat: What? Is this essay fictional? Is this a vanity biography that plays the violin for the sad, sad little boy and ignores the shrewd and nasty old man? ... more »
    Gumbina80: Justin Timberlake managed to parlay childhood stardom into a successful pop career without living with a chimp or sleeping with little boys. Perhaps h... more »
    pandorasmittens: I have a severe problem with people passing judgment upon a dead man when his family, friends, acquaintances, and anyone else who actually, you know, ... more »
    Lymed: Many people depend on pain medications to get through the day, to hold their job, to be able to spend time with their families, and to not live a life... more »
    apocalypse-nowish: The whole thing about the live-in doctor administering daily drugs sounds way too much like Marilyn Monroe's death. more »
    ohjohnny: I do feel bad for what the world did to Michael Jackson but that doesn't change the fact that it was proven he actively courted the tabloid press (oxy... more »
    snug*bug: One thing I'm surprised to almost never see discussed in connection with Jackson is the fact that his father (or their entire family, but mainly his f... more »
    save jinger: None of us can be 100% certain what happened between Michael Jackson and any of the kids who had charges against him - unless you were one of those ki... more »
    Kali Mama: How is the drug abuse a sudden revelation when the "jesus juice" thing goes back decades? more »
    BellaTricks: If anyone's read Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams... Does he remind you of Catharine? more »
    hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: i loved mj when i was a kid. i stood by my respect for him during the child molestation bits... i figured, i wasn't there, i don't know what happened... more »
    mishacat: For the record, he was never convicted of child molestation. Why do we have a justice system if people are considered guilty after they've been cleare... more »
    roodles: I meant tasteful to have quotes around it - "tasteful" more »
    roodles: arrgh! WTF people? child molestation is not "issues", "weirdness" or a mere character flaw! In at least one of those trials a kid described in detail ... more »
    JenerationBoo: I always thought Jackson was a weirdo freak, but since his passing, I just find his life and death horribly sad. The music is so good and it makes it... more »
    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Being high does not excuse someone from molesting children. more »
    nellicat: Where, in this entire post, is the part that is supposed to be normal? more »
    ElleL: And what kills me is that so many revert back to the child molestation charges... that were NEVER proven to be true. I think his way of dealing with t... more »
    librariesare4lovers: I'm not surprised that MJ had sketchy-azz doctors willing to give him drugs. Some people will do anything for $$ and the people that pumped him full o... more »
    schweppes: And he was surrounded by people who didn't feel they could/should stop him. That's the saddest part. more »
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    Was Michael Jackson More Normal Than We Thought?

    Before the cosmetic surgeries and child molestation allegations overshadowed his musical legacy, Michael Jackson was just a talented kid from an abusive home. But with reports now swirling about his alleged drug abuse, sadly, his troubles suddenly seem…common. More »