Now that most of the feeding frenzy over the life and death of Michael Jackson has burned itself out, we are all left shaking our heads, trying to make sense of this human enigma, an enormously talented, but flawed (who ISN’T flawed?) and damaged performer. Would we have ever heard of him, had his hateful, jealous, self-serving and repellant father NOT belittled him, shamed him, physically beat him, made him feel ugly, and did this indefensible abuse, force Michael to become driven to rise... Sign in to see full entry.