How People Earn Because of Michael Jackson

Since Michael Jackson eventually died last Friday, more and more people are actually appreciating his hits. Most radio stations eventually decide to play his songs a lot of times in the airwaves even though his hits were only heard by people on the radio every Sunday afternoon. Furthermore, people who have not considered Michael Jackson as their idol are now his new die-hard fans. Before, they think of Michael Jackson as a no-good closet (?) gay pedophile who does not have anything good to do but to show the public his son in a rather unusual and terrifying manner and that is, of course, as we all know, showing his son to the public outside the window and appearing as if he's going to drop the poor boy a few stories from his apartment.

I don't like Jackson that much. I think his songs are classics, and they are a great contribution to the music industry, but something about his life, most probably his being an overly perverted pedophile, does not interest me so. However, it really shocked me when I knew how people used Jackson as a means of earning money, as what was shown on Umagang Kay Ganda this morning. I wasn't able to record a portion of the show, but it featured several fans reproducing t-shirts with Michael Jackson's face on it. It was quite eerie for me to see the face of a dead and unusually white-complexioned black guy on a t-shirt. If I were to ask you, would you actually like to see the face of a dead and unusually white-complexioned black guy in your shirt? If you like Jackson that much, probably yes (and therefore bring another kudos to the gay movement), but if you are a cynic like me, I don't think that you would like the idea.

Hence, a feeling of pity somehow spiralled within me. Poor Michael Jackson. Yes, there are tributes for him, but the people selling pirated dvds in Quiapo and as well as those random fans reproducing his dead face all over various t-shirts are making money out of him. They're making money out of rich dead guy that is now Michael Jackson. To me, he's The Artist Formerly Known as Michael Jackson. Because he's dead now. Get it? Lol. :D

What happened to the King of Pop also happened to the Pinoy King of Rap Francis Magalona. Yes, Francis Magalona was considered a great artist even before his death, but his songs were not tirelessly played in the airwaves until he died because of leukemia. Kaleidoscope World became an anthem for those people who didn't even know what the hell a kaleidoscope is. That is a sick, sick, idea.

Well, now that Michael Jackson is on the other side of the world, I do hope that people will stop making money out of his death. Let's give the dead guy some respect. Come on.