The Misunderstood Artist
As I write this entry, I’m watching Michael Jackson’s memorial. I know na pasado alas-dos na ng madaling araw. But I can’t help being nostalgic and share a grieving part of mine. Emo di ba? But please, let me be. 
Why did I say that Michael is a misunderstood artist? Bakit nga ba? The media portrayed him as something alien and a trainwreck, as well as putting heavy emphasis on the eclectic stuff that he does. Isama nyo dyan ang kanyang cosmetic transformations at ilang controversies na kanyang nasangkutan.
But have we ever wondered why he did those things? The inner reasons why these things happened to him?
Why his skin turned white? Did he really molest the children in Neverland? Why he undergone cosmetic surgeries?
It is now that I begin to understand the reasons – that he had a broken childhood, that he did not enjoy his youth at all. That he longed for the innocence that youth can bring. That he probably was traumatized and stressed with all the things he had to do – because he was big and famous.
And most of the clues were written in his songs. Take time to listen and psychoanalyze them for a bit.
I can’t imagine the stress his fame brought to him. It must have been awful. Sikat nga siya at mapera but its lonely at the top. Really. Most of us fail to realize this because we tend to associate fame with wealth and personal progress – which doesn’t really work all the time. Fame is not the total definition of success. It can be the definition of your personal doom.
Michael paid the high cost of fame. Other celebrities paid it too.
Looking back at the media fiascos that ruined Michael’s day, I can’t help but think that the media, maybe not all, but some of them have been cruel to him. Seriously, I think some of the media who portrayed him as a monster trainwreck back then, are now singing praises to him as well as celebrating his life and times.
I find it predatory and hypocritical. Seriously.
Why?
Look at the so-called trainwrecks they have reported: Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson – anong common denominator nila pagdating sa media?
They are complaining about the encroachment of media into their private lives. They are complaining the spin of intrigues being thrown at them – damaging their careers and even splintering their personalities. We all know the nature of showbiz media. But sometimes, I think they have gone too far and are now reporting a barn full of horse dung para lang maka-scoop.
The media has forgotten that celebrities are private individuals too. And yes, they are just like us, the common guys who can also do some crazy stuff.
You can ask Princess Diana what killed her. Yes. Its the stupid paparazzi who chased her to the tunnels in Paris. Para lang makascoop. Up until now, that incident makes me sick and disgusted.
Therefore, the questions go back to us: Naiintindihan ba natin ang mga artists na ito? Who are we to judge them for their eclectic acts? Who are we to judge them if they wanted to have plastic surgeries etc?
I believe that most of the celebrities are misunderstood. Mapwera lang kay Hayden Kho dahil he has the evidence that he is a total idiot.
Michael belongs to the ranks of the misunderstood artists. Misunderstood in a way that perhaps when the real Michael Jackson was juxtaposed with the Michael portrayed by most of the media – I can say they are entirely two different individuals.
That’s how some of the media portrayed a misunderstood artist – Michael Jackson.
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silver is the blogger behind Dare to Speak Out, a personal and commentary blog.She graduated with a degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She posts blogs that ranges in different topics – from trivial to the political. She currently works as a freelance writer.
Misunderstood like… Van Gogh?
or Ban Gog?
Base…
shucks akala ko ako ang base
Maglaro ba ang sekyu sa Barrio? Hahahahaha…..
Ang bibilis nyo. Litsi. hahahaha….
lol, welcomeback ulit darbs, ako din i just came back lolz.
parekoy, kaya nga ba ayokong maging celebrity,malamang mas lalo nila ako ma-mis-understood hahahah.
Ako din parekoy.
Pero in fernezz, maganda ka naman kaya talagang celebrity material ka. Hehehe.
MJ is dead.
His music lives forever…
Now, they/we/ will leave him alone.
Yeap darbs. Tama ka din dyan.
i watched it too kaninang 3am. i was teary eyed lalo na nung kinanta yun we are the worls, as usual napahawak ako sa tenga ko
kaya hinde ko tinuloy ang pag sign ng contract eh, mahirap ang maging masyadong sikat lolssss
totoo yan malen hahaha
Hahaha – Lee, available ka ba maging PA?
DFish,
Ako ang PA ni Lee. Tiga timpla ng kape nya at tiga-lysol ng lamesa nya.
Madam Lee,
Ligalig po muna ako sa barrio. When po ba ang aking salary increase??
Hehehe.
the misunderstanding kasi sa mga celebrity or artist pag naging abnormal na ang buhay nila.
MJ- binahiran ang reputasyon na nandugas ng mga bata.
Lohan – lashenggera, kaya dinala sa ALCOHOLIC THINGY THERAPY DE RAPIDO
Britney – hahaha. Okey my son asked me to “leave britney alone”
Mariah Carreh – unggoy ang pinoy
Freddie Aguilar – wala kayong originality proof na ako ay isang unggoy este sina kwan mga unggoy.
Tama. ayokong maging artistang abno para dihins ma misunderstood.
At naipasok pa si Tito Freddie hahaha…Si Ritchie d Horsey hindi…
Malen,
Ilang kontrata na ba ang tinanggihan mo??? Hehehe.
Lasheng ang driver ni Diana…
May theory rin na pinatay…dahil prinsesa? ang bf ay isang “alam mo na…”
Who knows?
daming mga ganyang naglalabasang mga teyorya sigh,buti nalang di tayo mga super sikat na celebs
Darbs,
Papparazi pa rin ang may kasalanan dun. Irita pa rin ako hanggang ngayon sa mga pastilan na yan.
@Silver, same pala ang problem natin. sunod ng sunod ang mga paparatzi, bakit kaya sila ganyan. trabaho lang kaya at walang personalan?
Honest points you have Silvs. I also like what Sully says:
“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.”
Kaya nga nung nagblog si Perez Hilton na ayaw nyang maniwala na patay na si MJ at baka drama na naman daw e gusto kong ilibing ng buhay ang baklitang blogger na yun.
Salamat kay Will.I.Am at sa manager nila, sinapok nila ang walang bolang badaf na yun. Hmpt.
tama ka, silver, tulad ng paalala ni whoopi goldberg sa “the view,” after a long trial michael was acquitted by the courts dun sa child molestation case. and kung nag-settle man siya dun sa naunang kaso, it was not because he was guilty but because he wanted to avoid having to go to court and suffering the stress and humiliation, and siyempre the media coverage, na siya na ngang nangyari with the second case.
Kumbaga angela, there are always two sides in the story. Unfortunately, sa takbo ng mundo ngayon, minsan di na napapakinggan ang the other side of the story. Tsk.
If you were here in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in the early 90′s nang pumutok ang balitang pang momolestiya… araw araw for almost 2 years ata na ang head line about sa bata at suddenly nahinto na lang nang may bayaran nang nangyari.
Puedi kang maging GENIUS OF ALL GENUISES, sikat na sikat sa iyong talento, pero pag batang amerikano na ang iyong titirahin… YOU ARE DEAD! kahit buhay ka pa.
please kahit pari ka pa, pastor, cleriko, alagad ng diyos o obispo, kahit cardinal pa, na pag NANG MOLESTIYA KA ng bata sa amerika, yan ay walang kapatawaran at bilanguan ang iyong patutunguhan…
Eto: Dito ako naiyak:
Iyak din ako sa part na yan. Hindi na tissue ang need ko. KUMOT NA.
Michael’s child knows better his heart trapped in the modern dinosaurs called the money-machine monster side of media…
Ang masabi ko lang, respect to the dead.
naalala ko tuloy itong “kiliti ng Diyos” hesus kong maloloy-on!
http://kiliti-ng-diyos.blogspot.com/2009/06/reflection-ika-13-linggo-sa-karaninwang.html
PAGKA!
Sabi pa doon sa “saan ka galing kulturang katanungan na ginamit ng isang superbisora sa trabahong pangkalakalan”
“Ilang taon ka bang pinag-aral ng teyolohiya, ito lang ang kaya mong gawing pagpapatawa?
Atake de tong tong pakitong kitong akomismo ang alimango
Padre Conclusion Ambot de Bitokon:
Sino nga ba ang gustong mamatay ng dahil sa yo, kung ang hope/reality kasama na/happiness now = = na mas masaya dito sa lupa na iyong tinatamas ay syang tunay na langit… sino nga ba ang gustong mamatay kung puno ka ng kaligayahan at bakasyon… hay, kahayahay sa kinabuhi…
sino nga ba ang gustong mamatay para sa sarili lamang?
Deny ikaw ay mabuhay!
Magsinungaling ilong mo ay tutubo
Magsinungaling …
Prime minister ang tubo?
Kayati basad!
Hi Silver, musta na? Am still sick (Sunday pa ito. Feeling ko susunod na ako kay MJ). Napadaan lang…
Reynz, tulo ang lahat ng pwedeng tumulo sa akin sa scene na ito. Grabe sumakit ang dibdib ko…
Sino po pala ang babae na naka-suot ng wide hat? Si La Toya ba ‘yun?
ganun talaga kasi pag namatay ang isang tao
ang una nilang nakikita ay ang bad side
O di ba Mars, ang daming epokrito at epokrita dyan na nagsasabing trainwreck si MJ.
Tapos ngayon pupuri puri ang mga pastilan. Hmpt!
TEKA LANG! WAIT! me tanong ang lola! Si Ka Freddie ba, pag natigok, tawag den natin “MIS-UNDERSTOOD ARTIST”? hehehe!
Kapitana baka p’wede ring “EBOLA ARTIST”
Freddie A. will not br called “MIS-UNDERSTOON”. rather he will be called as “UNDER DOG”. coz He keep on doing “underestimate” for the other pinoy artist dahil siya na ay Laos.
Mangyari siguro yan kung ang kaungguyang unggoy na kanyang proof ay maging malaking eskandalo, huhubaran sya at titingnan ang kanyang private parts kung totoo ang mga unggoy then suddenly magbabayad sya ng 22 million dolyares sa barrio syete para manahimik na lang.
At higit sa lahat, doon na lang sya mag co-consyerto sa Europa dahil babatuhin sya dito sa Amerika… then sya ang misunderstood na Anak ng pating.
hahaha. natatawa ako! teka happy naman ata ang childhood ni predi agilar kaya wag na pag aksayahan ng panahon haha joke
Ako noon, MIS-UNDERSTOOD lagi ng mga iniwanan kong kaibigang babae…Ang labo daw, parang si Freddie lang sa Anak (his own regret for being pasaway) hahaha…Kulang na lang maging ARTIST ako…
e paano ba naman ang mga ibang media dyan, umiiskup kahit hindi na pantay ang balita para lang sa pera! kaya iyan mula ke MJ hanggang kay Princess D hanggang kina lohan at spears at hanggang sa akin ginagamit nila!
E ikaw dencios, may fafarazzi ka din ba? Hahaha.
eh laaht naman naman ng artists kinda weird. their minds word differently. other side ng brain (i forgot if left or right) ang mas functioning.
well…na-schock lang siguro mga tao when he turned white. he literally crossed the racial barrier. sabi siguro nya, puede naman pala maging puti ang balat ko? sige mapaputi na nga buong katawan!
sabi nga ng lyrics ng kanta nya: it doesn’t matter if it’s black or white. sawa na sya na black, eh di white naman sya.
sabi ng isang analyst something…MJ didn’t want to grow old looking like his father. kaya pati mukha nya pinaiba nya talaga.
Glo,
Wala naman artist na hindi weird. Lahat ng artists e ganyan – weirdness is a source of their creativity.
Ask Sylvia Plath kung baket pinasok nya ang ulo nya sa burner at nagpakamatay.
And because there is a thin line between creativity and insanity – may tendency ang ibang artists toward the other side.
Karamihan sa mga writer, mga suicidal o nagcommit ng suicide or alcoholic naman.
their minds work differently! (daming typo sa taas).
hehhehehe.
I believe that most of the celebrities are misunderstood. Mapwera lang kay Hayden Kho dahil he has the evidence that he is a total idiot.
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Celebrities has their own way para mapansin ng publiko depends on their personality at kung saan nababagay.. like Michael Jackson. his transformation from Black to white ay masyadong na-sensationalized bagay na hindi lubos maintindihan ng publiko, na siya lang ang higit ang nakaka-alam kung bakit nya ginusto yun.
About Hayden kho, obviously he is really a Stupid,hindi ako senador para bigyan pa ng pansin ang kanyang ginawang katarantaduhan.
But they something in common with JACKO… Si hayden kho ay nag Transfrom din From “DOCTOR” to “DIRECTOR”. Agreee???????
Agree ako Jeri sa Hayden Kho postulate mo. hahahha.
Agree ako sa lahat ng sinabi mo dito fwend.
Okay pa ba yang puso mo diyan?
Fwend,
Okay naman ako. Hahaha. Naka-aprovel na ako kanina. Hahahah.
Ressie, yung Puso ko rin okay na okay lalo pag nakikita kita dyan… he he he
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