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Ronald McJackson

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(Posted on the unpopart LiveJournal community, which appears to be a den of Satanists, Nazi-fetishists, serial-killer fans, misanthropes and aesthetic extremists connected with the likes of Adam Parfrey, Boyd Rice and Jim Goad.)

I wonder whether the resemblance between Michael Jackson and Ronald McDonald is pure coincidence or intentional. Ronald McDonald predates Michael Jackson's adult career by more than a decade. Could McDonalds have finetuned their mascot's appearance to be more Jacksonlike during the 1980s (when Jackson was hot property, and was moving lots of units for Pepsi)? (The alternative theory would be that Jackson (consciously or otherwise) modelled his public image on the World-Famous Magical Clown, perhaps to better appeal to children.) Also, could McDonalds' recently announced makeover of their mascot also be an attempt to shed similarities to Michael Jackson (which could be more of a liability than an asset these days)?

Posted by: memphet | http:// | Thu Jun 16 20:10:23 2005

leave mike alone, yo!

Posted by: substitute | http://www.livejournal.com/users/substitute/ | Thu Jun 16 23:15:54 2005

I'm personally a big Miss McDonald fan now: http://www.livejournal.com/users/miss_mcdonald/?style=mine

Posted by: Graham | http://grudnuk.com/ | Fri Jun 17 10:09:54 2005

I betcha the makeover doesn't turn Uncle Ron into a Juggalo.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Fri Jun 17 11:20:20 2005

Or include Krumping as one of his fitness exercises.

Posted by: Jonathan Morris | | Sat Jul 19 18:16:40 2008

ROnald Mcdonald is a rapist and molest little children in his own sexual ways of gayness, but reall when we all watch the ronald mcdonald commercials we knowtis that the clown only seems to pop up when parents arent around. Now tell me why these parents trust this clown to take care of their children while their gone like hes not gonna do somethin bad with em. RONALD MCDONALD is a Child molester and thats that. yeah but like the other guy said leave M.J. alone.

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