Four of Michael Jackson's is suing the executors of MJs estate, claiming his signature was forged. Meanwhile., the numbers are in and Michael has grossed $475M since his death.
What does this mean?
It means, Michael Jackson was everything he ever claimed he was (and the Jackson's ghastly show at the Apollo proved they aren't) and it proves that money trumps everything, once you get into these kinda figures, once you are inches away from the billions, all bets are off.
It also means everybody has a huge problem: apparently, there is no product left that hasn't been heard a million times. I mean, I am sure there is live stuff that hasn't been released and there has to be some tracks somewhere, but as the rush released Michael, which relatively speaking bombed, there is nothing NEW out there. Or not much.
So here you have it.
1. A contested will.
2. A family willing to scrutinize every single release because four of the brothers Jackson aren't seeing a penny.
3. No new material.
And? No real idea how to sell what there is. How to package and repackage, they way they did Presley, or the way Dylan has done to himself. The back catalog is stagnant.
And the estate still grossed $475M.
What if they left it to SONY? why is there not a serious re-release, re-mastering going on? And what the hell as they going to do about the lack of new music? Is there anything left to do????
Now this is reality TV.