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Well like i said, MJ is MORE than just an 80's legend though. MJ has transcended the 80s. And deep down people recognize that and EXPECT him to be on top. I think generally people will always recognize him as being the solid king of the 80's, with Madonna and Prince. But MJ is just so good, and he's effectively broken out of being just an 80's artist so well that people feel and want him to continue for ever and ever as being a prominent figure NOW. I mean think about it, all of us GREW UP on michael jackson. He's been going since the 60's. There hasn't really been a time or a decade when MJ hasn't popped his head into the charts and made a solid impact. And although the 80s were his PEAK decade, he still ruled in every other decade as well :lol: So people want that consistency. And that may manifest itself in irrational expectations, but it's still good to know that people expect that out of him and haven't dismissed him as a strictly 80s act.
I totally agree with this!:yes: I also think that part of the double standard towards MJ is due to the fact that his career (and life) hasn't followed any 'familiar' path. By this I mean that no1 expected that little afro kid to be as good as he was, no1 expected him to then have the biggest selling album of all time at 25! No1 expected him to have such a great 'cross-over' in terms of influencing artists worldwide and fan-base etc etc.
In a way MJ makes a lot of folks 'nervous' coz no1 can really predict his next move. B4 him there was a kinda of a pattern with huge/successful people (child stars didn't get bigger later in years, mostly burnt out etc, famous people crumbled/lost it/lost their fan base etc etc). So MJ is kinda of an Enigma to most and as much as some folks will like to predict his fall etc they can't be really sure! In one hand they for example looked at this flair man facing the terrible allegation and thought yes there is no way he would get out of this (other starts gave up/commit suicide/were overwhelmed with much less), but then again they were wrong.
I think its the paradoxical nature of MJ that gives these confused analysis/expectation which leads to the double standard. They want/think he is over etc etc but then again they can't be sure. (imo)