{"id":514,"date":"2009-06-25T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/06\/the-jackson-effect.html"},"modified":"2009-06-25T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:17:00","slug":"the-jackson-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/06\/the-jackson-effect.html","title":{"rendered":"The Jackson Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone has any doubts about Michael Jackson&#8217;s impact on our culture, the videos below should put those doubts to rest.  Three interpretations of a classic.  The marching band just might be my favorite.  (Besides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8\">the familiar original<\/a>, of course.)  <\/p>\n<p>What a talent.  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