(Please don't LAUGH! Sorry for the graphic image but we are all human)Joseph Carey Merrick , known as "The Elephant Man", gained the sympathy of Victorian era Britain because of the extreme malformity of his body called "Elephantiasis." Please do not laugh as this is NOT FUNNY! What does this have to do with a MUSIC BLOG? Keep reading.......
I was in college then in the mid-1980s, when the media attacked singer Michael Jackson by fabricating rumors that he wanted to purchase the Elephant Man's bones. Jackson extensively refuted the lies of the media. In 1993, during an interview at his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson told Oprah Winfrey that it was, "another stupid story. I love the story of the Elephant Man, he reminds me of me a lot, and I could relate to it, it made me cry because I saw myself in the story, but no I never asked for the... where am I going to put some bones? And why would I want some bones?"In a 1989 music video for the song "Leave Me Alone" (from Moonwalker), Jackson could be seen dancing alongside a claymation version of Merrick's bones. This was a piece of sarcastic humor, as other parts of the video dealt with how Jackson was unfairly portrayed by the malicious media. I didn't know we were that malicious in the media? Mmmm....."delicious." Anyhow, may this poor guy rest in peace!
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