Michael Jackson had a vision for his film Moonwalker to coincide with the release of his album Bad so he bought his own studio to bring this vision to fruition.  It seems simple, but the fact that he had the power as an individual to create a studio production incited numerous personal attacks against him.  Typically, when an artist has a vision they face an uphill battle where they have to work through the ranks of executives within the studio to convince the corporate heads to support the vision.  During this process the studio enforces compromises, steals from the artist, or shuts the idea down entirely.  As a result, the studio executives make the final determination of what constitutes as art. 

If a major production company only wants to portray people of color as ignorant thugs, they selectively fund people who represent that image.  Michael Jackson on the other hand, presented a whimsical story in Moonwalker, which defied the stereotypes portrayed by the large studios.  As an individual he had the financing and following to put forward a different image without having to cower to the studio system.  An individual with the capacity to create studio level productions was always a threat to the elites who want to control what audiences see.  In order to destroy the power of an individual with a divergent vision, the media launched a systematic smear campaign against Michael Jackson.  The intent of the attack was to destroy his fan base through character assassination, with the hopes that without the support of the people Michael would lose his personal financial backing—an economic tort. 

Although Michael Jackson is no longer here physically, he always declared, “my message is Love,” which lives forever.  This is the same message of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) who cited the second greatest commandment was, “to love your neighbor as yourself.”  Hate divides us.  Love unites us.  Through the power of love a united fan base of people supported Michael which enabled him to stand up to the studio system and create art in a way that no one had seen before.  With the power of love a united fan base can honor Michael Jackson’s legacy by supporting artists in a way that makes them more powerful than studio executives.  If the people as a whole stop reading tabloids and click-bait-lying-articles the elites could not utilize character assassination as a weapon against free-thinking artists.  If people focused their attention on unique artists with integrity, rather than cooperate assembly line mass productions, the studio executives would lose their grip over the audience’s attention.  The media that attacked Michael Jackson can be held accountable with the power of love when we make the media responsible for how it treats everyone.  With the power of love we can “make that change.”