How Michael Jackson Made Bad Summary

“How Michael Jackson Made ‘Bad’ written by Joseph Vogel, an author, and popular culture critic, speaks on Michael Jackson Bad era through the media and himself. The media increasingly viciously attacked Michael Jackson through the tabloids labeling him with the term “ Wacko Jacko”. This term derived from “Jacko Macacco” which was the name of a famous monkey which was a popular term in 1950 to describe children toys in Great Britain. This term reduces Michael Jackson as a human being and as an artist but turns into an amusement for tabloids and media to refer to him as “Jacko”. Jackson shields himself from media from 1985 to 1987 to write and record his music which is where the bad sessions were born. In Michael short film, “Leave Me Alone”
challenges White America through sexual orientation and roles. This video begun with major headlines from newspapers that attacked Michael Jackson hyperbaric chamber to the plastic surgery he has got done. This video was different from the others because it was an anti-media video that stated that everything in the newspaper isn't always true. This video was used to make fun of the tabloids rumors and ultimately was successful in taking winning six VMA nominations and a 1990 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.