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by felinefan » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:56 pm
The masks were to keep the kids from being identified on the street. Can you imagine what could've happened had they gone to school, and everyone pointed and yelled, "Hey, look, it's Michael Jackson's kids!" ? Bullies would be pouring out of the woodwork, making fun of their dad being "Whacko Jacko", etc.. Of course, for all I know, he had them privately tutored. No, seriously, Michael was a genius; I never said he wasn't. But it's what I call a side effect of being human that some of us make jokes about the recently deceased who just happened to be famous.
Look at Thomas Edison--he was pretty eccentric, trying to keep motion pictures to himself. How do you think California got to be the movie capital of the world? If anyone made movies, Edison would sue for copyright infringement. Moviemakers had to flee to Mexico, where the lawsuits had no effect. Then they discovered California had better climate than New York City for moviemaking, and was far enough from Edison and his lawsuits. Plus, they didn't have to go through customs, etc. to get into Mexico. Edison was a genius, but he was a nutjob too.
I remember after Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina, mom came home from work and said there was a joke going around at work about her: Know what kind of wood doesn't float? Natalie Wood.
Anybody who's different from the norm is going to suffer slings and arrows of critcism. I am sure people like Leonardo da Vinci was misunderstood in his time, as was Louis Pasteur in his time, etc..
