Sony Exec put in her place...by Michael! Updated 19 Feb 2012

19 February 2012 
Seven of mj-777.com posted about Michael's chefs Akasha Richmond and Mani Niall. The posting included a video where Mani tells a story revealing that playing practical jokes on his record company executives appears to have been a favourite past time of Michael's!

“One of the little things that just… I remember, because Michael had such a good sense of humor. He uh…you know had Muscles… this giant, long, thick boa snake... and he had a group of CBS Executives over at his house and they had been in one room... and I don’t know if they ate and they went into the living room... and he had this big floral couch. And  he draped Muscles [starts laughing] over the back of the couch ...and they all went and sat down and slowly one by one ... noticed there’s this giant boa constrictor on the back of the couch. And they…their eyes popped out and they ran out of the door. And he was sitting there howling!

And I was just like that is like the ultimate payback to these … you know… greedy record executives that make so much money off you!

And, you know the snake’s not going to do anything but it’s a pretty honest reaction when you see a snake that you run… and it just blended into the floral pattern on the couch."

Mani tells the above story around the 4 minute mark of the above video.


ORIGINAL POSTING

The group I’m angriest with over the treatment of Michael Jackson is the media. But I know there are a great many other fans who are absolutely furious with Sony, AEG, The Estate or all of the above.

Well, I came across this little anecdote that will delight those fans who are anti-Sony. Enjoy!

It comes courtesy of Caroline Thompson who co-wrote a movie called ‘Midknight’ a project earmarked specifically for Michael. 

“We had a very long and hilarious day at Neverland with him. It was Anton [Furst - the intended director], our executive Amy Pascal who is now one of the heads at Sony, Larry [Wilson the co-writer] and myself.

“But the funniest one was where we went to see his young lion, who was asleep. 

Michael told us to be very quiet. You know how in zoos there’s the cage the lion’s in, then two or three feet out there’s a little fence that keeps you at distance?”

 “Right.”

“Well he urged us over the fence, so we were all gathered round staring at the lion asleep, and Michael hollered out and clapped his hands and the lion woke up and sprang at Amy, 

and she squealed and back-pedaled and fell over the fence and landed flat on her ass, and Michael laughed his head off. I mean, gales of laughter. And he said, “He always goes after the smallest person in the group.” He laughed and laughed and laughed.”

Now, you could say that was just Michael’s sense of humor, and of course it was, but put it together with this other account…

“While recording for Dangerous, Michael became frustrated with a producer who was treating people poorly. Rather than firing him, Michael called him into his lounge area and had a security guard throw a pie in his face. No further action was required.”

Right era - this is on the shoot for 'Black or White' but this is John Landis - not a record producer

 My Source for the above quote: regulatedthriller via http://fuckyeahmichaeljackson.tumblr.com/

We could surmise that this was Michael’s way at getting his own back at one of the Sony Executives. That’s what I’d like to think at any rate!

Here is Amy Pascal, looking no worse for wear after the experience, at the premiere of This Is It with Kenny Ortega and Jermaine Jackson.

Below is the link to the rest of the article. I must warn you, this Caroline Thompson woman has some unkind things to say about Michael. (That’s one of the reasons I wanted to do it as a separate post – to highlight the cute story without having to subject everyone to yet another mean spirited attack on our beloved Michael).


On the positive side, instead of lamenting the fact that we never got to see “Midknight” I’m grateful we didn’t after reading this article. Michael needed to have a movie written for him by someone who wanted him in the lead role and understood who he was – something this woman clearly did not. This is very ironic considering she wrote Edward Scissorhands – you think she would have been more attuned to the sensitive soul that was Michael Jackson.

Before you have to read the nastiness have this quote in your mind:

"Michael Jackson's performance as the Scarecrow was one of the only positively reviewed elements of the film, with critics noting that Michael possessed "genuine acting talent" and "provided the only genuinely memorable moments." Michael said "I don't think it could have been any better, I really don't." He stated that his time working on The Wiz was "my greatest experience so far . . . I'll never forget that."

 http://www.viceland.com/wp/2009/09/michael-jackson-would-have-loved-to-have-been-edward-scissorhands/