I was saddened to hear of the death of Farrah Fawcett. She was a really classy, beautiful and talented lady.
Conversely, on hearing Michael Jackson died at about the same time, I think I felt relief. My reaction was along the lines of, thank god, another psycho pedophile has been taken out of action.
When Farrah Fawcett debuted on TV, a lot of people dismissed her as just another pretty face – one of the “Charlie’s Angels.” It was hard to draw a different conclusion back then – face it – Charlie’s Angels was the Baywatch of the mid-70’s. The whole premise of the show was to put beautiful women in improbably situations to showcase their good looks. Not much plot. Terrible writing and acting. But great looking babes. It’s a TV show formula that’s been proven to work, over and over.
Reinforcing that no-talent/beautiful airhead impression was the iconic poster she did – and the hysteria about her trademark hair.
But then to the amazement of everyone, she left the show after only a year.
Over the next 30 years she proved her worth as an actress, giving some really great performances in shows off Broadway, and critically acclaimed TV movies like the Burning Bed, and Extremities.
I watched her final movie, the documentary of her death from cancer last night – Farrah’s Story – and was overwhelmed at the courage and class she displayed. Right to the very bitter end.
She’s a person and a talent that will be sorely missed.
Michael Jackson, on the other hand, was a bizarre, drug-addicted, surgery-addicted, whacked-out child-molester, and it’s beyond me how it seems so many people seem to have forgotten that.
While I was never into his music – I’ve never cared for pop music – I recognize his contributions to music, generally. But I don’t think that on the whole, that outweighs his negative side and the harm or evil he did.
Sleeping with eight year old boys and giving them “Jesus Juice” is flat out wrong – yes, even evil. He bought his way out of the pedophile charges, but maybe while he was cleared legally, the only thing that does for me is point out one of the major flaws in our legal system – which is if you have enough money and connections, you can buy your way out of pretty much anything (such as even killing your wife and her lover, like OJ Simpson).
Getting little kids drunk and having sex with them is disgusting and reprehensible and evil. If it was left up to me, I would have seen Jackson locked up in jail in the general population and hoped he would be slowly, butt-fucked to death by the other inmates. A fitting and proper end for a child molester.
Just because a person may at one time have been a brilliant artist is not a valid reason to forget or forgive their twisted, evil nature.
Adolf Hitler, for example, was a pretty fair painter. Yes, that’s one of Hitler’s paintings at the top of this page.
Perhaps next, we should have a Hitler Painting Retrospective to celebrate the fallen dictator’s brilliant career as a painter (before he became an evil dictator/serial murder)? I think not.
The world is a better place with Michael Jackson dead.