MovieChat Forums > Michael Jackson Discussion > If Jackson had not altered his appearanc...

If Jackson had not altered his appearance...

posted 5 years ago by whynotwriteme (7114)
12 replies | jump to latest

Do you think he could ever have gotten away with his slumber parties with little boy companions? Would parents have allowed their kids to sleep with a guy who looked like Billy Dee Williams' brother? Was his creepy Peter Pan look a clever disguise to allow him access to children in a non-threatening guise?

Jackson as he may have looked at age 40 with natural aging: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-09/27/18/enhanced/webdr02/enhanced-4142-1411857885-7.jpg?downsize=800:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto

[–] TandyMan (10325) 5 years ago

ha ha ha. No. I don't think Michael was an abuser. Just bat shit crazy. Would parents be sending their kids off to live at P.Diddy's mansion? No way. His altered appearance absolutely played into the whole thing.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 5 years ago

Too bad he didn't allow himself to age naturally. Minus the mustache, he'd look great in that photo.

The reality is his appearance grew creepier and creepier over the years. Hardly a good disguise and reassuring to parents.

It was his soft and gentle persona, and a host of other behaviours that lulled people into trusting him, not his appearance.

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

Superstardom is the thing that blinds

[–] enriquesingh (1769) 5 years ago

On the main photo they used to age him he already had work done...

[–] maul (1530) 5 years ago

That's because that image was created in 1985, and was meant to be a prediction. Regardless, a lot of people think around 1983-85 would have been the time to quit, and he looked fairly normal. So OP's post is valid to mention "natural aging" from that point on.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Jackson tried to look like Peter Pan. That's why he got that weird upturned nose job. Look at his profile once in his later years. Peter Pan. That's who he thought he was.

Strange cat. Good music. RIP.

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

No, but the public would have thought better of him, and his career would have been in better shape. The grotesque artificial face really turned the mainstream off, to put it politely.

But his looks wouldn't have had any effect on his legal woes, the Los Olivos authorities knew he was a pedo and wanted to put him away. A naturally handsome face wouldn't have stopped them.

[–] Lord Rake (3747) 5 years ago

"Was his creepy Peter Pan look a clever disguise to allow him access to children in a non-threatening guise?"

No, it was just an easy sign for the parents to see that he was mentally disturbed.

[–] thalia (313) 5 years ago

It actuakky made him look more innocent Completely deranged yes but..
He made self look like a girl and spoke in a high voicce. If he had spoekn in a deep vioce and looked like a normal big strong man, people would find it much easier to beleive he was a predator.

[–] Lord Rake (3747) 5 years ago

I disagree, crazy is a red flag in this situation because he is still larger and more mentally developed than a child. Letting someone like The Rock watch your kids would be much safer than letting someone like MJ watch your kids even though he is smaller and womanlike.

"He made self look like a girl and spoke in a high voicce."

Yeah, that means there was probably something sexual going on in his head. Whatever it might have been who cares, but how does one gauge if it is safe alone around kids?

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

He should have just had a sex change! He looked so creepy towards the end.

[–] liscarkat (16469) 5 years ago

People would probably have been more willing to drop their kids off with a normal-looking, normal-voiced, normal-acting black guy than with a pseudo-white, infantile-voiced, effeminate freak.