Michael Jackson: Perils of a prodigy

By Eugene Robinson | Saturday, June 27, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…Many performers can impress or delight, but only a few can astonish. Michael Jackson did it twice. The first time was October 1969, when the hit single ‘I Want You Back‘ introduced a cherubic 11-year-old boy who sang with unbelievable maturity, soulfulness and swing. The second was March 1983, when the prodigy — now grown tall, thin and angular — moonwalked through an electrifying ‘Billie Jean‘, leaving a national television audience slack-jawed at how effortlessly he defied the laws of physics….”…BS

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