Michael Jackson: A Duck In A World Of Swans
Michael Jackson
`A Duck in a World of Swans`
Michael Jackson is not a legend; Shangri La, Camelot, King Arthur, Robin Hood and Xanadu are legends. A legend is a story about a place or a person that never existed, Michael Jackson was bigger than a legend; he was a real person who lived up to the status that only a legend can acquire. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29th 1958. Two generations of music lovers grew up with his music, his publicity and an admiration for the boy and man who became the biggest of his, and the next generation. Not many people on the planet were alone in their fascination for this man who did the impossible at times. In that I mean he constantly re-invented himself, he went that one plain higher and he excelled at everything his art asked of him. Legend, no he was a genius and a creator, but he was human. As Kryptonite is to Superman, being a human was Michael’s weakness, one he would sadly never conquer. In fact it was this weakness that eventually destroyed him, and that is the most tragic aspect of his premature death. In death he is hopefully at peace, a peace that all his money, fame and famous friends couldn’t give him. A peace that was stolen from him as a child allegedly by his own father, a peace that, like the search for the Holy Grail, was always going to be his `Impossible Dream`. Michael claimed that he was constantly told by his father Joe that he was ugly, and unloved. Tell a child that enough times and they will eventually believe it, Michael grew up thinking of himself as a `Duck in a World of Swans`. That is a complete contrast to the original saying made famous by designer Coco Chanel who was quoted as saying, “I am a Swan in a World of Ducks”.
So where did it all go wrong?
From the age of 5 yrs old Michael Jackson never really had a chance in life, up until then he was an ordinary black kid who was destined to a limited career life in the `Land of Dreams`; The U.S.A. However, destiny has a strange way of changing history, and in 1963 President John F. Kennedy started the process that would eventually lead to the emancipation of black people. Whenever we read about the Equal Rights Movement in America, we read about Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, Mohammad Ali and many others. However, it was The Jackson Five that broke that mould of prejudice in America…
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