Michael Jackson's DARK Obsession with The Elephant Man & Buying His Bones! | the detail.
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- čas přidán 22. 11. 2023
- Michael Jackson's bid to purchase the Elephant Man's bones was a tabloid story that spread like wildfire and only added to the pop singer's already bizarre public image. Jackson consistently denied the claim, stating that the rumor was completely fabricated by opportunistic journalists looking to make a quick buck.
However, in the years since evidence has surfaced that Michael may have been behind the infamous story, and the true extent of his interest turn obsession with the elephant man, and his bones, have been revealed.
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Michael's favorite quote from the movie about Merrick's life is "I'm not an animal, I'm a Man!"
I think that says a lot...
+RihaPregels You hear the echo when Mike told Barbara Walters in 1997: "I'm not a Jacko, I'm Jackson".
Same exact weight & meaning to what John Merrick said.
MJ saw a lot of himself in The Elephant Man. Like him, MJ was a victim of his own fame; trapped by it and never being a person, just a personality. But at least now they're both at peace; free from the press. Great video from the detail. Long live the King of Pop, and the Elephant Man. 🎉
I think the point of the video is that they aren’t truly at peace, they are still dehumanised and used to make money from.
for your next video can you please do how Rock artists inspire and influence by Michael Jackson and Bob Marley.
Michael also sampled some of the dialogue from the Elephant Man movie for his song "Morphine" off the 'Blood on the Dance Floor" remix album.
Oh yes I remember!
Michael didn't know he was attractive and always felt like a "freak". The sympathy between them is understood.
I always felt looking at him after a few of his surgeries he looked soo beautiful around 82/85. He never needed any surgery after that. The bad album cover is where he should have stopped completely before taking it too far 😔 I know a girl who is so beautiful the way she is but even after getting her lips and nose done i keep trying to tell her she’s perfect as she is but she just will not listen. Michael definitely suffered from this.
I don’t know if it’s that exclusively, but Michael definitely felt like a prisoner of his own body in various ways due to his fame and his conditions/injuries. I think that’s part of the reason why he liked disguises and prosthetics so much.
And a fact about Joseph Merrick that I think goes overlooked is that one of Merrick’s jobs was being a door-to-door salesman, having to disguise his striking appearance. That somewhat mirrors Michael’s experience as a Jehovah’s Witness where he did the same thing while proselytizing door-to-door. It’s a very particular connection that’s not shared by many people.
@caseyfalconer7347 well you would have low self-esteem and think you were ugly if your own flesh and blood verbally bashed you!!
As a child mind you
Thank Joseph for that. Michael had tremendous low self-esteem because his own father called him shitty names. No wonder Michael felt insecure on his appearance 💔
I honestly never knew of the Elephant Man story until this video (never cared to look into it.) Man this is sad and honestly if Mike wanted to buy his remains, I too believe it was to "free" the Elephant Man from his never ending display. Reminds me of the story of Sarah Baartman's body (very voluptuous African woman displayed as a freak show in the 19th century in Britain).
Honestly your best video to date, good job! Not just about MJ but a tale about the worst impulses of humanity to mock and discriminate against those who are seen as different.
Absolutely chilling yet amazing video ❤ I can 100% say that no one has ever lived a life like he had! Facts: he was the most famous person on the PLANET. He could NEVER escape fame since childhood. Imagine the trauma of your earliest formative years with all that pressure and then you live the ENTIRE rest of your life with even more fame and less privacy. Literally anywhere he went, even his last months, paparazzi and fans were inescapable. His History album is entirely abour this. Its no wonder he could relate so much to the Elephant Man. It was like living everyday everywhere like you're a walking circus. R.I.P. King of Pop 🖤
Such a profound reflection on what it means to be objectified and otherfied by society, great video as always
Thank you! Interesting to research
The writing was so good on this one! I almost enjoyed this for making an attempt at trying to understand what Michael may have been intending with all of this, both personally and professionally.
Thank you!
even if it were true, I don't see why it should be so controversial. The bones are on display in a hospital, why can't they be on display somewhere in an exhibition owned by MJ? He could tie his story to the display, perhaps garnering some much needed understanding of his own struggles with loneliness. He would've had a very solid reason for wanting the remains. The only thing that made it controversial is the way the tabloids presented it, along with any other move he made during his life.
I agree completely 🙌🏼
Wow that leave me alone video reference ! Awesome detail
This story is brilliantly detailed. Thanks!
It proves once again how profoundly acceptive Michael was. The width of his views and the power of his compassion are incredible. It only makes me continue looking up to this wonderful person.✨️
Glad you enjoyed it!
This video essay was very insightful and very well written. Thank you very much.
Glad you liked it!
It’s really tough being MJ 😢
With his gentle heart I think the same that he just wanted to set the elephant man free...
I can relate to Merrick too. I been teased about my "big head" my whole life. People dont like the way i look. Ive spent most of my love life ALONE !
Don’t worry you will find someone who accepts you the way you are but don’t let them say you ain’t beautiful ❤
@@Dary-records15Pretty girls always say that shit.
@@flyingdutchman2442 you don’t have to be pretty or attractive to say that it comes from the heart I do truly believe that the person will find someone who loves them the way they are
I'm sorry to hear that man 😞 Some people are absolute jerks and very cruel/ heartless. I know you'll find someone amazing, you are as deserving of love as anyone. Sending my love and support 🩶
I remember seeing the movie in the 90s …. Now the details almost make me cry .
this video filled me up with tears. what an incredible story
I once came across a man with the exact same condition in the city. Although I didn't react nor stared, I did however turn around to see how others would react to seeing that young man's face. I was fascinated yet proud by the whole ordeal. ❤
D details, you doing a great job. Michael Jackson lived so much in fear. The media treated him so terribly. Thank you, thank you ❤❤
This video makes a lot sense to me as I’ve got older it feels like I understand what he was going through is his life. And it deeply saddens me.
Yes ive been waiting for this topic 🙌
Michael can relate to the elephant man because everyone sees him as a monster. Truly disgusting that we are teaching our kids to hate what is different and MJ was ridiculed all his life when people never even met the man. The world is pure evil at times 🥺
Love you MJ ❤❤ Always will love you ❤
I love these videos so much. They make my day. I always wonder how long it takes to put this information together to create these type of videos 😊😊😊😊
Great job "the detail"! Thank you so much 👍💖👑
You are so welcome
See this is the content I want from this channel. Can there be a video on Michaels collection of art and other pieces, from games to life size figures, that Michael had? Theres sooo much there that can be explored.
I’ve done a video about his art collection
Love Michael Jackson very much ❤️
Love how you presented this...❤❤❤
Thank you! 🤗
He didn’t have a dark obsession and didn’t wanted his bones.
Thanks !
I don't think it's so weird to identify with him/want the bones but it's probably for the best that medical science has it
Thank you so much for your video ❤ I am 😞 so sad
You are so welcome!
Don't be sad. They're both at peace now and in a much better place ❤️
If I say I love Michael billions and trillions it's not enough.
Congratilations for vídeo ❤❤❤❤ i wish sucesful for you
The Leave Me Alone video is so genius. I love the elephant man dance.
Thanks for sharing this Story❤ now i'd like to watch that Movie recorded by D.Lynch. Would you advice to watch alone or ... children after 12 + criteria also are allowed? Who knows? Pls, share in advance.
Never thought MJ has had such fastidious/ overnice passion to that "Art Objects" remained after that innocent Elephant Man.
I think it’s fine for children over the age of 12. It’s not too explicit, just a bit dark and sad at times.
I didnt want a jump scare for Thanksgiving. At least show the bones.
Ótimo vídeo ❤️
Excelent video, thanks
Glad you liked it!
@@thedetail. Your Channel is very interesting, congratulations for your excelent work
Imagine if Michael's bones were put in a museum for people to admire him it would be weird but amazing
i think i would cry. but i wish the taxidermy story was true
I think he would not like that at all, he even said in a privafe tape recording that he'd like to be burried where there's children, that way he'd feel safe, I hope he's resting in peace..
@@luana45393it's so strangely eerie how Michael said in a private interview that he wished to die young like Marilyn Monroe. He was repulsed by the idea of ever aging. Even Lisa Marie feared he would meet the same fate as her father. He suffered so much that I'm certain he would HATE to be preserved in a museum as an oddity. R.I.P. King of Pop ❤
@@j.t.6456 it's interesting cause I'm pretty sure he also said he would like to live forever. I guess even he didn't really know how to feel about that, but for some reason I can't see him being alive today, it's honestly surprising to me that he even lived as long as he did.
Meh..
love Michael Jackson ❤❤❤❤❤❤
3:43 i cried
😢😢😢😢😢 the elephant man story always makes me cry
Michael also sampled Lynch's movie in the song Morphine
No Jermaine Jackson episode then ???!!! I’m very disappointed!!!💔 😔
Relaaaaaax.
@@Kiefer-uu3mz 💀💀
@@Kiefer-uu3mz lolz 😂
I wondered what Mike thought of the movie mask the rocky Dennis story
whenever i hear michael jackson and elephant man in a sentence, i think of that eminem freestyle on tim westwood 💀
for your next video can you please do how Rock artists inspire and influence by Michael Jackson and Bob Marley.
Are you going 2008 and 2009 review?
Next week!
😭
People can be so evil. Thanks for the story.
Seeing this, I understand why he made Ghosts. 😢
Surely, he wanted to buy it 😁. MJ did a lot of mystery things that’s why we love him
The best ☆.
Yeah he did that shit smh
Кто скажет, почему названия видео на русском? И почему нет автоперевода в комментариях?
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Waw
A load of rubbish these rumours in USA.
*LMAO*
58th comment 😅
First to comment?
second to comment??
Fourth to comment?
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Third to comment
FAKE
Michael made himself a freak. Thats the difference.
Except at the time he was looking to purchase the skeleton in the 80's during the Thriller era, he was at the height of his success and considered a very attractive man; he was not considered a "freak". He was an empathetic and compassionate man who felt others' pain deeply and could relate to the Elephant man because of their shared experience of being a public spectacle and loneliness because of it.
Your narrow-minded comment just shows you have no such compassion in your own heart, yet you want to call Michael - the person who simply connected to another humans' plight - the freak?
@@GabiSilva-tv5sgyes he did. Michael bought a lot of weird things. It's not far fetched. Stop.
@@URBuggin78W comment. Thank you ❤️
You're the real freak, you heartless fool
Michael's bones should have been put on display as well for people to gawk at
Nahhhh.
It would just be a normal skeleton, with a glove and a fedora.
Now that's just sick and disgusting.
Thatd be exploitation the man was exploited all his life he should rest in peace
What a disturbing comment. I wonder what lives the people who leave comments like this live...