Lament of an old Michael Jackson fan

"I don't know what happened to my "Off the Wall" hero when he veered into a life that he somehow thought needed to be surrounded by the Elephant Man's bones and a bevy of young boys. But watching the television footage creates a sense of displaced reality, a feeling as unnerving as the suspicion that a first love was actually a lying rat. This goes deep into the trauma of fairy tales, the moment when Little Red Riding Hood realizes that the lady in the bed is actually a wolf in grandmother's clothing." More here.