Turning The Jack5ons in to The Jack$ons
When Michael Jackson died, the worlds of music and entertainment lost an originator and an icon. MJ was one of a kind and will never be reproduced. Now that all of the nicey nice things are out of the way, why does one of the richest families feel the need to benefit from their brother’s/child’s death? Now if and when This Is It comes out on DVD, I will be one of the first to Netflix it…this isn’t where I have the issue. The purpose of the tour was to bring the music to the people/fans, so I have no issue with making money off of it, afterall MJ left 3 kids and at least 1 chimp to support.
What turned my stomach was seeing a commercial for The Jack5ons: A Family Dynasty on A&E. One of the clips is all the remaining brothers (Jermaine, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Donner, Blitzen) getting out of a limo in some tacky black suits and shiny satin shirts smiling for paparazzi, loving the limelight. Earth to the Jackson family….no one cares about anyone besides Janet and Michael (unless you want a psychic reading from Latoya)! At the funeral everyone and their moms asked “Who the heck is Rebbie?” and where did they keep her all of this time…rundown Neverland? Just because you were in the headlines for a few weeks (remember? your brother died? ringing any bells?) doesn’t mean you are now the “it” family again or that people want to know about your secret lives.
Now if you did this while all of the Jackson 5ers were still with us, you would have a true audience. Now though, the show will be like a car wreck, something you don’t want to watch but can’t take your eyes off of. I feel bad for the Jacksons for the tragedies that have fallen on their house, but I think it’s disgusting that they feel the need to line their pockets from death. Am I a little harsh…why yes I would say so. Would I say this if any of the Jacksons came knocking on my door, probably not. Would I ask what brand of shellac Jermaine uses to keep his helmet hair in place, absolutely!
