A wide collection of Michael Jackson's noses through the years being carefully and “lovingly” kept inside an immaculate glass showcase? It must be the latest creation of a crazy hater with too much free time at their disposal and a desperate need of attention.
Well, not really.
The footage you can watch below has been filmed in a pretty singular (and extremely poor taste) museum situated in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee), called “Beyond the Lens! Family Fun” and dedicated to iconic tabloid National Enquirer’s history.
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From its particular entrance, (a falling building placed on a flashing camera held by two hands) the visitor’s instantly catapulted into the strange, limitless and deeply sensational universe of yellow journalism, discovering in detail and “living" the famous/controversial stories surrounding Lady Diana’s death in 1997, O.J. Simpson’s complex trial, the “Moon Landing hoax” or Bigfoot.
How couldn’t the writer of “Leave Me Alone”, “Why You Wanna Trip On Me” or "Tabloid Junkie” and probably the most discussed celebrity who ever existed be there too? He simply couldn’t.
And the museum specifically organised an entire area about MJ where you’ll be able to find an animatronic version of the King of Pop sleeping in “his hyperbaric chamber” and a “sculpture” depicting the overly emphasized “baby dangling” accident.
Excerpt from an user's review on TripAdvisor:
"The Michael Jackson hyperbaric chamber is a little creepy as after a few seconds, his head turns to you and has yellow/alien like eyes."
The key of tabloids’ major success has always been the ability to guarantee an emotional investment and make their readers feel like an active part of the scoop, thanks to an eye-catching, scandalous narrative. "Beyond the Lens" seems to be the improvement of this "technique", pushing even its youngest guests into the world of gossip and cheap journalism. Sensational stories are sure “fun” and “entertaining” for some people but we must never forget that what we read (or, in this case, see) doesn’t always reflect reality and it should be checked in an objective way before considering it to represent “the absolute truth”.