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In Richard Taraborrellis biography, Michael Jackson: the Magic and the Madness, Taraborrelli writes about the famous King of Pop, Michael Jackson. He explains about Jacksons influence on pop culture and his major accomplishments as well as his difficulties and challenges that he had to face throughout the years.
In “The Magic and the Madness”, Richard Taraborrelli shows great motivation in writing the biography. Taraborrellis motive for writing this book was to give a detailed and accurate description of Michael Jacksons accomplishments and his difficulties throughout his career and his personal life. Throughout the biography, Taraborrelli wanted to give the truth about Michael Jacksons life and his career. He included Jacksons greatest accomplishments and Jacksons worst moments in history.
When Richard Taraborrelli wrote “The Magic and the Madness”, he interpreted Michael Jackson in both a positive and negative light. Taraborrelli also remained neutral throughout the book and had a neutral bias towards Michael Jackson. He told of Michael Jacksons greatest moments in history, including making “the best selling album of all time,” which was “Thriller,” perfecting the “back-slide” which is perceivably known as “the moonwalk,” and being perceived as “the greatest entertainer of all time, also known as “the king of pop.” Taraborrelli also explained about Jacksons worse moments in history, his difficulties and challenges throughout his career and his personal life including, Michael Jacksons relationships with his family, how his father handled young Michael, the plastic surgery questioning, the rumors about Jacksons sexuality, the molestation allegations in 1993, and the Martin Brashirs documentary in February of 2003. Therefore, Richard Taraborrelli had remained in a neutral and respectable spot throughout the biography. He gave both sides of Jacksons story, not just one side. Taraborrelli also had portrayed Jackson in both a positive and negative light throughout the biography.
Richard Taraborrellis biography interpreted and focused on the King of pop Michael Jackson and was an extremely well written biography. Taraborrelli wrote the biography based on Michael Jacksons personal life and the beginning of his career throughout to present day. He wrote it through craniological