Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days
“Motown’s PR department issued a press release heralding the band’s arrival in L.A. In order to up the boys’ cuteness factor with teenage fans, the announcement deliberately shaved two years off the age of each member of the group. Michael was ten years old at the time, just three weeks shy of turning eleven. Motown’s press release said he was eight. The first thing America thought it knew about Michael Jackson was a lie.
From that very young age, Jackson learned how the public’s fascination wit...h celebrity could be exploited to fuel commercial success. For a time, he embraced his fame and happily used it to reach the top. Starting with a single white glove, Michael Jackson the man carefully crafted the public spectacle known as the King of Pop. He studied magicians and the way they manipulated audiences, using the buildup of mystery to create big, jaw-dropping revelations. He studied the lives of iconoclasts like reclusive filmmaker Howard Hughes and circus impresario P. T. Barnum.MoreLess
From that very young age, Jackson learned how the public’s fascination wit...h celebrity could be exploited to fuel commercial success. For a time, he embraced his fame and happily used it to reach the top. Starting with a single white glove, Michael Jackson the man carefully crafted the public spectacle known as the King of Pop. He studied magicians and the way they manipulated audiences, using the buildup of mystery to create big, jaw-dropping revelations. He studied the lives of iconoclasts like reclusive filmmaker Howard Hughes and circus impresario P. T. Barnum.MoreLess
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