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Home Front: Culture Wars

Jackson sees red over rapper Eminem's spoof video

2004-10-14

MICHAEL Jackson is calling for a ban on the rapper Eminem's latest video, which ridicules the pop legend over his plastic surgery and allegations of child abuse.

I saw a couple excerpts from this the other night on the teevee. It was hilarious, and I'm not close to being an Eminem fan...

Eminem's video for Just Lose It shows him dressed as Jackson in bed with several children and contains scenes in which the pop star's allegedly surgically altered nose falls off and his hair catches fire - a reference to a real accident in 1984 while he was filming a Pepsi commercial. The "Jacko" character's flaming hair is put out when his head is stuck down a toilet.

Utterly sophomoric. I laughed my ass off...

A Jackson figure is also vomited on by Eminem, dressed as himself.

I missed that part, thankfully...

Jackson, who faces trial in the US in January on charges of child molestation, conspiracy and administering alcohol to an under-age companion, called a Los Angeles radio station to express his outrage at the "demeaning, disrespectful and terrible" portrayal. A source said he was "very upset and is going crazy over it".

Oh, shuddup and put your nose on!

Posted by:Mark Espinola

#13 Gimme back my Ghetto Pass.

Posted by: Vanilla Ice 2004-10-14 9:32:30 PM

#12 We're talking about it. He's gotta be thrilled with the publicity.

Posted by: 2b 2004-10-14 1:09:23 PM

#11 If a black rapper made this video, BET would have no problem with it. The only problem they have with the "Just Lose It" video is Eminem's skin tone. Eminem has been fighting this kind of racism since he started rapping. I'm sure he'll just reference BET pulling this video in one of his mixtapes, and get the last laugh like always.

Posted by: Destro 2004-10-14 1:06:20 PM

#10 Eminem has always made fun of other public figures and stereotypes, and even gotten serious issues through his music.

The problem is he's the epitome of White Trash.

Posted by: Charles 2004-10-14 12:47:07 PM

#9 I've tried hard to come up with the name of someone on the face of this planet who is weirder than Jackson.

Kim Jong Il -- but only because he has a lot more enablers for his dysfunction than Jacko could ever afford.

Posted by: Mike 2004-10-14 11:38:15 AM

#8 I've wondered why Jackson doesn't just bite the bullet and go the Tycho Brahe route. It'd be classier than his current relic.

Posted by: James 2004-10-14 10:50:17 AM

#7 I've tried hard to come up with the name of someone on the face of this planet who is weirder than Jackson. Not counting mass murderers who are on death row or how have alredy been executed. No luck so far. Any votes?

Posted by: Weird Al 2004-10-14 10:26:15 AM

#6
"Acts" bizarre?

What if it's not an act?

Posted by: Fred 2004-10-14 10:13:10 AM

#5 I'm simply baffled at how Jackson can behave soooo out of the norm and not expect to be ridiculed!
-he looks like no one else on the planet
-he thinks its "sweet" for a 40+ year old man to sleep with children (even if there's no hanky panky..which I tend to doubt)
-he continually acts bizarre

shows how truly out of touch he(?) is.

Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-10-14 9:26:31 AM

#4 another white trash guy from metro-Detroit doing well, I am proud this morning I tell ya.

Posted by: Jarhead 2004-10-14 9:18:21 AM

#3 I saw this video yesterday. It is too funny. Must see TV

Posted by: 2b 2004-10-14 7:49:57 AM

#2 Eminems done well with this,well done and a round of applause :)

Posted by: Shep UK 2004-10-14 7:04:16 AM

#1 This posting needs a "sympathy meter" graphic.

I've never thought much of Eminem, but after this . . . I could start to like the guy.

Posted by: Mike 2004-10-14 6:31:55 AM

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