Yesterday was the funeral for Michael Jackson. I watched a little but couldn’t really stay with it. It was emotional for me since I have spent a lot of time choreographing his music for dance classes. It’s very sad that such a monumental talent has left us so early in life, and I have not really wanted to dwell much on that reality. I still can’t believe that he is gone.
For anyone who appreciated his music, his dancing and performance, he was unique. It is impossible to imagine someone else who could have the kind of impact he had.
Also, Farrah’s passing, on the same day, was hard for me to accept. Her fight with cancer has touched me, and I respected her wish to share her story so others could learn and come away from it with more courage. She had courage. She had dignity.
I want to look at their lives again and learn something more from each one of them. They both gave a lot of themselves to the public that admired and idolized them. Yet, often the very public that idolizes their celebrities also denigrates them in a heartbeat. Sometimes, I think, people forget that celebrities are not simply figments of the media’s creation; they are people like us with feelings and fears and problems, exploited by the public, that they cannot easily overcome with their money and fame.
RIP, Farrah and Michael.
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