The world was convinced that Michael Jackson changed from black to white, but was still a black man. Vitilego - a rare skin colour-changing condition, just happened to afflict one of the most famous people in the world? What were the odds of that? There was speculation that he bleached his skin. The public were led to believe that he was so eccentric, that anything was possible with the talented oddball.
A beguiled fan base followed the career and eccentricities of the King of Pop for over 40 years. There were stories about owning an oxygen chamber, to defy aging, and bidding for the Elephant Man's skeleton. And his home, called 'Neverland', was a child's paradise with a zoo and a fairground. Looked to me like it was set up for grooming children, others would say he was just a big kid, a boy in a bubble, with a monkey called Bubbles. Some people will be fooled by an adult speaking with a child's voice.
Botched plastic surgery was a reason given for a ridiculously different face. There was a story about his nose falling off, so naturally, the next time he was interviewed, they would not be too pressing, in questioning what appeared to be, a personal disaster.
Wake up, he was replaced with a different person. An impersonator put on a mask and stepped into his shoes, and while everyone was mesmorised by his dance moves, the moonwalk, and how he managed to tilt over to extraordinary degrees, no one much questioned, how he looked.
It's hard not to feel some sadness when you see the young Michael Jackson, he was precocious, he sung his heart out, and in early interviews, he was just a child, shy, endearing, and innocent. But at some stage, maybe the 1980s, a black man was replaced by a white person. Everyone absorbed it, and everyone believed it was the same person. The controllers of the music industry like to push the envelope, to see what they can put over on an unsuspecting and naive public. It was a deception, a PSYOP.