Om Michael Jackson
Mediahysterin kring Michael Jacksons död vet inga gränser; åtminstone inte här i Kalifornien där jag befinner mig under några sommarveckor.
TV-kanalerna har fyllts med återblickar på hans liv, hans musik och artisteri. Och med ändlösa försök att fånga “the man in the mirror”; människan Michael Jackson.
En av de bästa kommentarerna om “The King of Pop” kommer från den kontroversiella bloggaren Andrew Sullivan, som på The Daily Dish skriver:
“He was spiritually and psychologically raped at a very early age - and never recovered. Watching him change his race, his age, and almost his gender, you saw a tortured soul seeking what the rest of us take for granted: a normal life.
But he had no compass to find one; no real friends to support and advise him; and money and fame imprisoned him in the delusions of narcissism and self-indulgence. Of course, he bears responsibility for his bizarre life. But the damage done to him by his own family and then by all those motivated more by money and power than by faith and love was irreparable in the end. He died a while ago. He remained for so long a walking human shell.”
Hans slutord fångar den grundläggande motsägelsen som vilar över vår kultur: Vi söker efter livet där det inte finns. Våra ideal handlar om yttre framgång, på bekostnad av inre liv.
“He was everything our culture worships; and yet he was obviously desperately unhappy, tortured, afraid and alone.
I grieve for him; but I also grieve for the culture that created and destroyed him. That culture is ours’ and it is a lethal and brutal one: with fame and celebrity as its core values, with money as its sole motive, it chewed this child up and spat him out.”
Publicerat av Stefan Gustavsson den 10 jul 2009 • Skriv ut • Tipsa en kompis
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