Today’s post was going to be light and happy — and dammit, I’ll still give it a shot — but what else can one say about the sad passing yesterday of 70s glamour icon Farrah Fawcett and then, by day’s end, 80s music legend Michael Jackson?
Farrah’s place in pop culture history is secure but Jackson’s is more problematic, as people argue over his legacy. Was he a genius? Was he a pedophile? Was he both? While you’ll be hearing his 80s classics non-stop this weekend, his 90s output was largely a cry for help: