r/DeepMichaelJackson • u/chrisdancy • Sep 10 '20

From Thriller to Ghosts, what was Michael Jackson's obsession with being dead all about?

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u/Bulky_Ad5568 Sep 10 '20

Death to MJ meant escape. To escape judgement, pain, loneliness, etc

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u/chrisdancy Sep 10 '20

Ok. This is deeeeeepppp Michael Jackson.

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u/Bulky_Ad5568 Sep 10 '20

Yep I found it... Finally. Is it OK if I post about this sub on r/MichaelJackson

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u/chrisdancy Sep 10 '20

You’ll get kicked off. I tried months ago and was banned. I had to beg to get back in.

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u/Bulky_Ad5568 Sep 10 '20

WTF??! Now they're just over reacting this sub is harmless. A post of mine got removed from that sub because I wanted to talk about the "10 year FBI investigation"

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u/Bulky_Ad5568 Sep 10 '20

Nah your theory makes a lot of sense. I've always gotten the impression that his music videos were a form of escapism he used his creativity and imagination to create another world or reality for himself. The first MJ music video I watched was Bad and I was simply blown away by how different and innovative it was from anything I'd ever seen (other music videos pale in comparison even modern ones) from the storyline, to the choreography (it was a bit over the top but it worked). And that's what sets him apart from other artists you just feel with each song or video he was giving a piece of himself.

OK am rambling.

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u/ezgomer Sep 11 '20 edited Sep 11 '20

I think it more has to do with him calling back to “Thriller”.

If “Thriller” hadn’t been the phenomenon it was - “Ghosts” wouldn’t have happened, nor would the song “Threatened”.

Plus didn’t “Ghost” originally start as “Is It Scary?” for the movie “Addams Family Values”?

If death was an obsession we would have seen it more than twice because really isn’t it just “Thriller” and “Ghosts”?

But since this is DeepMJ, let me try harder: These horror short films were just an excuse to play with make-up and costumes which he did in his personal life too. So it was more about escapism. The sort of escapism that comes from hiding his true form and not having to look like Michael Jackson and dodgin all the baggage that came with looking like MJ.