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Whatever you think about MJ he certainly knew how to market himself (or his dad did).  What did you learn from him??

 I would love to sit down with his pr man to learn more. The PR person had to wage a ton of mini battles to keep him looking good to the public.

An innovative product, a dash of mystery and ever changing flashy packaging...sheer marketing genius as evidenced by the crowds in Gary,at UCLA Med Center and the Apollo Theatre after many years of bad press.

I don't know that I know enough to comment accurately, however, during his peak solo years, there was no-one that had all that glitz, glamour, and all that out-there-in-your-face going on! And that lasted quite awhile. However, either at the time he was more sentinent, or he had a great promo team. Whoever, himself included was responsible for maintaining and/or re-inventing his biggest asset; himself, his talents, and re-investing all that money, surely dropped the ball! so many wonderful people meet such sad ends, go wrong and bad directions....in every sense of the word.

Much of the time, if your personal life, and your psyche isn't in a right place, it's hard to be successful AND productive in the long haul.

He projected the "in your face" agenda.  Big, Bold, and Beautiful.  Along with that comes the daily issues of others wanting to undermind you and bring up whatever dirt they can.  If you go into the "BIZ" you must be able to keep yourself destressed. That means, take more time for yourself and I don't think he really ever had that.  As you know parents sometimes push the kids because that's what they want for them.  Horse potty! The parents pushed with their own agenda in mind.  He had a rough like from the get go.  I think he managed well with all the stresses.  Marketing himself was done extremely well. But, as Jack said, massive money, massive life, more room to fail.

How wonderful to take a defect (vitaligo) and cover it up while setting a trend with the cover up...who didn't want that sparkly glove?

Our friend Michael was fabulous at marketting himself until the accusations of child abuse took its toll. He always believed that people were really good inside their heart but mislead by their peers and greed. If only Michael had grown up enough to manage his own life he would still be here today. NEVER NEVER LAND doesn't exsist Michael! Not even in your world. People won't let it. They want to suffer and blame it on someone else. They want to do bad things and blame it on someone else. You'll never stop paying for the lies they told. I wonder if they will suffer with the truth all their lives? I hope so.....PdJane