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On Dr Phil's blog(the blog is not that great) about the the good dying young following Michael's death. I noticed a guys comment underneath. His name on there is 'Irish Michael' he writes about how a friend of his saw Michael driving around in an old car in the Wicklow Mountains... Did he drive though?
Here is the post and a link to the blog:
Irish Michael says:
July 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I always remember Michael Jackson’s phenomenal success in the 80’s. Over the past week we were once again enveloped in a atmosphere of that time; the Jackson fever of the 80s was reborn, likely only temporarily though. How tangible it feels.
During those years I was a teen fan of MJ. There is no doubt he was deified among some quarters but is that not how the media operate. The propaganda machine raising Celebs up as a vessel of hope for the rest of us. The famous held up as a beacon of light, someone who we can look up to, guiding us out of the mire of life’s pains that we all experience, if only temporarily; giving us hope and escape during difficulty, providing us with some residue of meaning, helping us to plug the holes of our insecurities.
But how can an ordinary human being who has all the limitations and biological boundaries associated with our human condition be expected to live up to such expectations? Such a burden must be unimaginable. Who do these people turn to, who offers them escape when they need it and reality checks when called for? Like us all, celebs also need to get the right balance between escapism and reality. An imbalance between these can have terrible consequences. Let face it we all need a square dose of reality every now and then. Reality it’s so important but it’s the one thing we can’t handle too much of. Is that not why we are happy to be conned by the media when we welcome the raising of celebs to the status of idols.
The misnomer associated with calling celebs idols is easily checked when we see them for who they are; people, persons, nothing more and nothing less. I think about poor Michael Jackson when he came to Ireland a few years ago. He was seen by a friend of mine driving around the Wicklow Mountains in a clapped out banger of a car, alone, by himself; a world removed for the hype that surrounded him in the 80s. It was probably during this time that he was really himself. It was here he stood alone, alone with himself. This was the true man. Remove the façade and he was just an ordinary person with a great ability to entertain.
By making celebs idols; by us being happy for them to be elevated to such a status so we can escape reality temporarily we allow the propaganda machines to apply a load that is not manageable on our celebs that isn’t manageable.
I hope that Michael Jackson is truly free now and I pray for the same. God bless him and his family during this difficult time.
An Irish dude.
http://blog.drphil.com/2009/06/27/when-the-good-die-young/#more-718
Here is a pic of those mountains, it looks beautiful if he did go there...
http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/1/e/3/highres_3308675.jpeg
Just below Dublin you can see on this map http://imageseu.homeaway.com/vd2/propmaps/hr/en/3/9085/ireland_9085.gif
It might not be true... but its nice to imagine him in more serene environments
Here is the post and a link to the blog:
Irish Michael says:
July 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I always remember Michael Jackson’s phenomenal success in the 80’s. Over the past week we were once again enveloped in a atmosphere of that time; the Jackson fever of the 80s was reborn, likely only temporarily though. How tangible it feels.
During those years I was a teen fan of MJ. There is no doubt he was deified among some quarters but is that not how the media operate. The propaganda machine raising Celebs up as a vessel of hope for the rest of us. The famous held up as a beacon of light, someone who we can look up to, guiding us out of the mire of life’s pains that we all experience, if only temporarily; giving us hope and escape during difficulty, providing us with some residue of meaning, helping us to plug the holes of our insecurities.
But how can an ordinary human being who has all the limitations and biological boundaries associated with our human condition be expected to live up to such expectations? Such a burden must be unimaginable. Who do these people turn to, who offers them escape when they need it and reality checks when called for? Like us all, celebs also need to get the right balance between escapism and reality. An imbalance between these can have terrible consequences. Let face it we all need a square dose of reality every now and then. Reality it’s so important but it’s the one thing we can’t handle too much of. Is that not why we are happy to be conned by the media when we welcome the raising of celebs to the status of idols.
The misnomer associated with calling celebs idols is easily checked when we see them for who they are; people, persons, nothing more and nothing less. I think about poor Michael Jackson when he came to Ireland a few years ago. He was seen by a friend of mine driving around the Wicklow Mountains in a clapped out banger of a car, alone, by himself; a world removed for the hype that surrounded him in the 80s. It was probably during this time that he was really himself. It was here he stood alone, alone with himself. This was the true man. Remove the façade and he was just an ordinary person with a great ability to entertain.
By making celebs idols; by us being happy for them to be elevated to such a status so we can escape reality temporarily we allow the propaganda machines to apply a load that is not manageable on our celebs that isn’t manageable.
I hope that Michael Jackson is truly free now and I pray for the same. God bless him and his family during this difficult time.
An Irish dude.
http://blog.drphil.com/2009/06/27/when-the-good-die-young/#more-718
Here is a pic of those mountains, it looks beautiful if he did go there...
http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/1/e/3/highres_3308675.jpeg
Just below Dublin you can see on this map http://imageseu.homeaway.com/vd2/propmaps/hr/en/3/9085/ireland_9085.gif
It might not be true... but its nice to imagine him in more serene environments
