ScreenOrigami
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This thread is going well so far, thanks for all the useful contributions.
I’d like to quickly explain where my initial doubts about the stories come from, which is why I started this thread.
If it had only been the Elephant Man Bones, ok, that I could accept as a publicity stunt. But the Hyperbaric Chamber story has a serious problem, in my opinion:
In 1984, MJ not only went through a very painful experience with the Pepsi accident, he also befriended Dave Dave, the young burn victim. MJ empathized with burn victims and tried to help in any way he could, be it financially or with emotional support. It was a topic that was very close to his heart, and his humanitarian efforts were a very important part of his life.
With this background, I find it highly unlikely that MJ would use medical equipment from the burn center that bears his name for a publicity stunt, for his own gain, implicitly mocking burn victims, and risking bad publicity for the burn center.
All of this to promote Captain EO – a Disney project – as if Disney projects didn’t get enough attention anyway. If you look at it rationally, the story did exactly the opposite: it distracted from MJ’s creative work and moved the focus to his “bizarre” life.
This does not sound like something Michael would do, or approve of.
Add to this the multiple versions of the story, and I have serious doubts that MJ was involved in any of this. The truth always only has one story.
I’d like to quickly explain where my initial doubts about the stories come from, which is why I started this thread.
If it had only been the Elephant Man Bones, ok, that I could accept as a publicity stunt. But the Hyperbaric Chamber story has a serious problem, in my opinion:
In 1984, MJ not only went through a very painful experience with the Pepsi accident, he also befriended Dave Dave, the young burn victim. MJ empathized with burn victims and tried to help in any way he could, be it financially or with emotional support. It was a topic that was very close to his heart, and his humanitarian efforts were a very important part of his life.
With this background, I find it highly unlikely that MJ would use medical equipment from the burn center that bears his name for a publicity stunt, for his own gain, implicitly mocking burn victims, and risking bad publicity for the burn center.
All of this to promote Captain EO – a Disney project – as if Disney projects didn’t get enough attention anyway. If you look at it rationally, the story did exactly the opposite: it distracted from MJ’s creative work and moved the focus to his “bizarre” life.
This does not sound like something Michael would do, or approve of.
Add to this the multiple versions of the story, and I have serious doubts that MJ was involved in any of this. The truth always only has one story.