Michael Jackson and Jonathan Horowitz
Article on Michael Jackson, two months after his death.
When I get the chance, I’d like to write more of an in-depth comment on celebrities as social capital—the “ownership” of their personal narratives even, or especially, in death. Or maybe we’re all social capital in some way.
On a separate note, that reminds of a great exhibit I saw at P.S. 1 a few months ago. It’s called The Soul of Tammi Terrell (2001) by Jonathan Horowitz. A nice juxtaposition of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” by way of Tammi Terrell’s own life and Susan Sarandon in the movie Stepmom.
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