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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Well, Everyone's Entitled To Good Representation

Michael Jackson's attorney John Branca is the nephew of Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca. (It wasn't entirely his fault.) An interesting story besides, about the making of the "Thriller" video:
Such projects back then cost about $50,000. Jackson was letting his inspiration run free to the tune of $1 million. That raised the question of how he was going to pay for it. Branca had an inspiration of his own.

"He suggested we make a separate video filmed by somebody else about the making of the 'Thriller' video," Jackson recalled in his autobiography. "It seemed odd that no one had ever thought of this before."

Branca pitched the idea to MTV and Showtime. He came back with $1.2 million in financing.

The deal still might have fallen apart because Jackson's mother was a Jehovah's Witness and some of her fellow congregants suggested he was supporting evil by appearing as a werewolf.

Jackson was reportedly poised to scratch both the video and the video about the video when Branca pitched another idea, this one to the star. Branca noted that Bela Lugosi had resolved religious misgivings about portraying Dracula by insisting on a note at the start of the film saying he was in no way pro-vampire.

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EVERY story about Michael Jackson is insane. And insanely fascinating.
 
I know what you mean, Matt. And I have to admit, I feel kinda dirty even being interested in it. But here I am.
 
And by the way, JJones, I am absolutely not surprised by anything you mention here. I was fascinated (in a bad way, i.e. taking them seriously) by the Watchtowerians when I was about 13-14. Then, in 1977, when the world didn't end, I decided they were wrong and nuts, and hence my antinomian proclivities ever since. They have done me that one favor.
 

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