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MJ is smart , and everyone knows as soon as someone dies they instantly transcend their earthly misdeeds.. or perceived misdeeds. He knew death was the only sure way he could revive his brand so his kids could have some sort of cushy life, because lord knows they were all going no where in 2009 pre-D day. With two strikes against them and having to forever bear that name, something had to be done and desperate times call for desperate measures and I think MJ was pretty desperate. His brand was in the gutter with seeming no hope of resurrection. Except for death, and he knew that, because everyone knows that. It's unspoken truth. As soon as some celebrity dies they get honored and their brand value increases, just automatically. So it's what he had to do, for his kids, for his mother, for himself.So sure, he could have died normally, but when does MJ do anything normal? He didn't have a normal life, and it was all orchestrated and choreographed by himself post-1980 or so... so it stands to reason, just common sense here, that his death should follow suit.Forget Murray, he's just a distraction. An actor, a player, a character. He probably did actually go to jail. What's 2 years for a couple mil? Who wouldn't do that? In my opinion, none of it matters, it's all just a show. Enjoy the gifts MJ left us, he's done. Well, done with his public "life" anyway. That's why everything has his stink all over it, because he IS in control, like he always was, but I no longer think this has any big meaning or will culminate in any big Bamsday event. It just is. Entertainment. I was entertained so I'm happy. I hope he is too, and I hope it all worked out the way he expected, but I doubt he cares because his "estate" has made a killing and that's all that mattered in the end. That was the goal, I believe, so mission accomplished.
Mission accomplished? Hardly. No one would go to all this trouble to create such an absurd story just to escape. I say he comes back. And of course, no one believes that. What kind of surprise would it be if everyone knew it was going to happen other than a few intrepid and crazy souls like us.
Echo, do you really think that would be the reaction of the public? I don't! I think most would let out a few choice words in amazement and then they'd be thrilled! Haters will always hate, the tabloids will do what tabloids do, but in something as mega as MJ returning I reckon the general public would go with their hearts, not with the tabloids.
Well said echo.I know for myself there have been highs and lows during the past 5 years but the one thing that I never wondered was if this really was a hoax. With all of the slip ups and inconsistencies it just made sense to me that the world was being played by Michael.However, I do believe that this was and still is not a game. Something happened for Michael to have to leave.
I maintain that we over complicate this maybe because we look at a death hoax through our own eyes, thinking about what would drive us, personally to fake our own death. That naturally leads to 'something serious'. We forget we are dealing with an eccentric showman here, for whom a death hoax must've seemed a great personal adventure as well as 'the greatest show on earth'.BUT ... it's only 'the greatest show on earth' if he comes back. A handful of crazy believers doesn't make for 'the greatest'!AND ... the great personal adventure might, away from his previous reality, not be that great after all.SO ... the hoax might be one big fail. He may find himself now in a place far worse than any the media/haters/leeches/traitors may have put him in.And that's what would make me sad.