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wow that lladro is...disturbing!

Yes, it looks more like Sally Kellerman.

...with Dr. Zaius.

Suddenly the wiener dog light fixture from yesterday seems not so bad. Its all relative, I guess.

Talk about tacky. These are worse than an Elvis on velvet.
( chuckling silently over here)

What's the point of this? To make fun of him? That will obviously be the result.

This is certainly more tasteless than any Jackson "decor" you can find.

The man was a tragic genius.

Yes, I agree the Lladro is disturbing. Has anyone let Lladro know that Americans don't really buy into images of little Indian princesses wearing blue headbands with feathers any more?

Also, there is so much sadness in the life of the "King of Pop" that I am not in favor of tacky "ironic" references to his life.

As a kid, he was beaten by his father to perform. He was ruthlessly exploited his entire childhood.

He never came to terms with his sexuality because he came from a fundamentalist culture that does not tolerate homosexuality, the same culture that is opposing gay marriages in California.

The skin whitening and plastic surgeries are tremendously sad and horrific.

It's no surprise he died young of drug abuse. It's surprising he lived so long. And many unfeeling and uncaring parasites will continue to live off him.

Regardless of his odd behavior and unproven child molestation charges, he was a true musical genius. I am pointing fingers at no one so far, but a post like this is just an open doorway for tasteless remarks.

We all know Michael Jackson always had an eccentric style. It's not at all worse than what these other shallow celebrities could have in there big mansions. I think this post is to celebrate the stuff we kept over the years MJ related. Everyone between the ages of 25-75 has had at least one MJ related item (aside from music) in their lifetime (I just had the doll, but I believe my older sister had the bedspreads).

As far as the comments, can we just keep it related to the post? If I wanted to hear about the negative comments about his life, I would just turn on the tv. "Beat It" Debbie- Downers!!

kitsch as kitsch can ...

He should have stuck to signing.

There are some things I can't make excuses for.
And all this stuff, save the pillow and the record player, are creepy.

Boy, I'd love to have one of those Jeff Koon's Bubbles & Michael pieces!

Instead of judging these pieces (and Michael Jackson) specifically, can we all just agree that "artistic" likenesses of celebrities are NEVER a good idea? It astonishes me how people buy into the culture of celebrity-worship in so many ways...from High School Musical bedding and Dora the Explorer swimsuits for their kids, to replica uniform jerseys of their favorite sports stars, to coffee mugs featuring characters from The Office...in my opinion, it is ALL bad, tasteless, and indicative of an appalling lack of originality.

The poor man's last ten years were spent in the shadows. All of a sudden everyone wants to relive the years he was a glorious young performer and seemed so full of promise.

I think it's more helpful to explore what drove the man into the shadows than sit around and talk nonsense about how Jackson "broke down" racial barriers and "raised the standard" for performers. He was an eye-popping perfectionist when he was in control of himself, but he was kind of a scary guy when he wasn't. If you glorify one aspect of his being, you have to take a look at other aspects of the man.

These celebrity post-mortems about Michael Jackson's "genius" miss the bigger point -- he destroyed him own life, enabled by licensed pill pushers.

This entire thing is cringe-worthy, as was the last 20 years of that person's existence.

And do tell:
What does this have to do with the objective of Apartment Therapy? Why aren't we posting Farah Faucet posters photos of Ed McMahon's house - After all, they died this week too.

That first one is creepy ...

Also wanted to add, may he rest in peace.

And now Billy Mays has died. He is probably shouting at Ed, Farrah and Michael in the great beyond.

WHAT BILLY MAYS DIED!?!?!?!
i never thought of apartment therapy as being my source for late breaking gossip!

Jackson did not lighten his skin. He had a common medical condition called vitiligo which affects 1/100 people worldwide and in America - across all races. India has an unusually high rate of 8/100 people. You see people with vitiligo all the time in some degree of transition, whether you realize it or not.

Yes, Billy Mays is dead:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays

IMHO, He deserves a bigger spot on AT than Michael Jackson.

Gee.....I bet A.T. didn't realize, there would be all these reverential and looney M.J. comments!
I think Jeff Koon's vision/intent was rather prolific. The wonderful, gross, gaudy sculpture is like a big mirror right now.

horrible

Just what I want a pillow with a dead person on it. Inviting.

ohjodi... I for one am not here to make "fun" of him.

I've had my issues elsewhere about this, doing what I could to fend off the vultures, where it came to very heated words over the man's talent and contributions to pop music. I grew up to his music, and coupled with watching such a public figure like this move in directions that were difficult to accept or understand, and generally feeling sorry for how out of touch he became..... all those "Yes men" around him enabling him, nobody there to act as a true soundboard and provide a system of checks and balances. It's doubly sad that he was poised to make a career comeback, and perhaps at least redeem himself there. Something inside me always felt.... "poor guy...I hope he comes back around." Now there is no chance of that, and that is the saddest cut of all.

All said, that Lladro is still very very strange.

Is there a post about Farrah posters too?

Let them all rest in peace, and let US all move on, I say.

That stuff is all creepy. It was creepy when he was alive it is creepy now he is dead. And yes, tasteless.

And..I am between 25 and 75 and I have NEVER had a Michael Jackson anything. Including music. I didn't like him then, I don't like him now.

That aside, the dude never stood a chance, look what was done to him by his father and mother.

We have one sick little culture boys and girls, feasting on the dead. It is truly goulish.

Agreed and well said Carder. I also have never had anything MJ related.

Where are the Billy Mays posts?

I'm not sure which is tackier: the MJ paraphernalia or this post....

I used to date a guy with a mother that was VERY into Michael Jackson.....if there was an item for the home and there was a way to bring Michael into it....she would

He had MANY ridiculous items from the Phillipines..like wall cloaks....pillows....tapestries, plates and cups, lamps and such.....and she had it all

Including a HUGE airbrushed painting of varioyus MJ's from the 70's till now with the phrase "HAVE YOU SEEN MY CHILDHOOD" airbrushed in bright yellow!!!

......in the PURPLE RAIN FONT!!!!

God was that a hose to visit!!!!!

Aahh, the high and mighty of the internet comment boxes. How's the view from up there?

oh! michael still a controversy around you even when you are dead. i just want to say RIP to a great (eccentric) artist.