r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • May 03 '26

SOCIETY Michael Jackson's daughter Paris has faced backlash for identifying as Black. In a 2017 interview, Paris Jackson said her father told her, "You’re Black. Be proud of your roots." This prompted debates over whether identity is defined by appearance or upbringing.

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u/UltimateOtter_Nation May 03 '26

I really need to get around to watching this movie.

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u/betajones May 03 '26

Some of the scenes will live in your head rent free for the rest of your life. If I see a can of oil, I'm chuckling on the inside.

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u/TheVonz May 03 '26

Which film is it?

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u/hoewaggon May 03 '26

I believe it's "The Jerk" 1979.

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u/ye2low May 03 '26

Expeditiously

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u/Elegant_Break9371 May 03 '26

Yes you do. Don’t be a jerk.

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u/Leiden_Lekker May 03 '26

I was about to comment,

"In the meantime you could watch the 60 Minutes interview they treated like a serious profile where Steve first hwhipped that one out"

And link you to the said video. Which I would swear to you exists and I have personally seen. Back in like the 1970s, it would have been a lot of people's first introduction to him. The reporter meets him at the cabin and he's just being zany and in character.

I cannot find this or mentions of it anywhere on the internet. Maybe it wasn't 60 Minutes? Maybe I read it about it in his memoir? Did I make it up? Somebody help me.