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leapinarmadillo · 1 month ago

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mj moved things in an androgynous direction. is a thought i'm having. there were other stars doing more "extreme" genderbending and presentation.... Michael Jackson was a megastar and he was Accepted. VERY broadly.

musing on the Bad video.... "you ain't bad, you ain't nothin! I'M bad." so he presents a different way of being bad, and a different way of being a black man. visually, his way is stylized and made up. he debuted Bad looking more feminine than he ever had (imo). and it's presented as GOOD. "You're doin wrong... that's your brother, that's your mother, that's your sister, that's me" [that you're hurting]. you're not bad til you're good, and he's good, and he looks like that. HE'S tough.

#he was a trendsetter he was kinda Thee trendsetter #and that's. what he did #Bad video DREAM SEQUENCE (‽) feels like such an indignant 'here's my true self' moment #his true self has big hair and eyeliner and dances and sings and has chains and accessories that jingle constantly #Struts and has whip sound effects and does pretty choreography with his Boys who also know the choreography #oh and has a GENTLE voice. 🌸who's bad?🏵#and this is sort of framed as ...? what he WISHES he could do? how he wishes to express himself #and he's saying All Of That can be bad too. in fact it's as bad as anyone could be. those guys ain't nothin

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