Oh Man, you guys aren't going to believe this. I just found an article and comment section where people are arguing that Michael was castrated!!??? :shock: Talk about refusing to acknowledge Michael's sex appeal!
Here is the link:
http://www.scientificblogging.com/q...ckson_great_singer_past_who_was#comment-27991
This is so outrageous that it is funny. God, I am so embarrassed to be a scientist. :doh:
Oh, callmerose, this thread pulled me back to MJJC... now just stop it!
I'd seen that Scientific Blogging thread, glad you brought it up. I too was surprised to see this speculation again after all these years that Michael was a castrato... but it actually didn't bother me that some might think so. Castrati were the erotic rockstars of their era, usually heterosexual, the forebears of today's androgynous rockstars, and greatly lusted for. It's hard not to draw a comparison, and no insult to Michael, in my opinion... just too wild a speculation. Mostly, I came away just appreciating that blog as one of many indications that scholars take seriously the phenomenon that was Michael Jackson, are riveted by him, and will be studying him for decades.
The media did some articles acknowledging Michael's sexiness during his Bad tour performances you should take a look at this:
http://www.the-michael-jackson-archives.com/baduktour1.html
The first article describes his Bad performances as "erotic" and there are other articles saying the same thing. So, it seems during the Bad era Michael was sexy to the media. I don't remember seeing articles like this before Thriller and maybe not so much after.
Wow, thank you so much for linking to that amazing archive! That's more references to his eroticism than I've seen anywhere yet... maybe there's more buried in there. But it's still remarkably downplayed in comparison to, say, a Mick Jagger review. But utterly fascinating reading -- thanks again!
Tremendous tremendous tremendous post. Really. I mean you just hit the nail on the head with ALL of that...ALL OF IT.
You just wrote the course on how to defend Michael and come away looking like a Rhodes Scholar 101 with that post. I can't say enough how right on you were with every single thing you said there. Wow...
I literally just printed this and will use this when talking about Michael to people who talk about him in a negative way....
Thank you for taking the time out to post this..
You just did Michael a great service in this post you really did...
Mugsyam, wow, you are SO kind! You know, since that post of mine was so off topic here -- I just went off on a total rant with that! So I moved it into its own thread. Strangely, the response was completely different there, and startlingly mean, so I just deleted the post. For some reason, this thread is drawing more thoughtful (and interesting!) contributors. It's curious.
Really, how could you say that THIS is not sexy? :doh:
I know I've said this before, but it proves a point...I'm 16 years old, straight, male. And I can see it!
Giant Enemy Cat -- I think you as a young hetero male have, with your objectivity, have uncovered the single photo that can stand on its own as indisputable scientific evidence
ani_geleia and PrincessMichaela, you always make such interesting contributions, I could go on... just thanks for some great insights (and gifs!) :swoon:
Thanks, guys, such an intriguing, intriguing topic, and all of you are such cool commenters!