You have to go pretty far to go beyond the natural weirdity of Michael Jackson when alive, but this would do it. Admittedly, this is from the Daily Mail, so all bets are off as to, well, anything, but even if fake, it’s creative. Or something.
Check out the Bodyworlds and competing Bodies Exhibit websites.
Michael Jackson will live on as a ‘plastinated’ creature preserved by German doctor Gunther von Hagens.
Von Hagens has caused controversy with everyone from the Pope to the chief rabbi in Israel with his practice of embalming corpses with preserving polyurethane.
Yesterday, he declared: ‘An agreement is in place to plastinate the King of Pop.’
Von Hagens said that he spoke with representatives of the Jackson family ‘many months ago’ and it was agreed that his body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles, his late pet monkey who was plastinated a number of years ago and is exhibited at The Body Worlds & Mirror Of Time exhibition at the O2 Centre in London.
Von Hagens also confirmed it was one of Michael’s final requests to be reunited with Bubbles.
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He added: ‘Von Hagens has hinted that a moonwalk pose would naturally be favoured. ‘It is hoped the exhibit will be unveiled towards the end of July.’
I doubt his family would allow this.
This is a rag that makes it up as it goes. Embalming a postmortem body is a pain, and takes longer. You have to inject each limb and the head separately. The organs are in a bag, you just pour cavity fluid over them, and throw them in the abdomen after applying a sealer to the walls. You have to re-suture the Y incision after stuffing the cavity with cotton, though kitty litter is better. Staple the skull cap on and stitch up the scalp. You put on a tight fitting plastic union suit with elastic to catch leakage. Additional local injections are usually needed. Embalming for plasitination is the same for anatomical specimens. You use a much stronger formaldehyde solution, and don’t drain. You puff up the body with more fluid, but slower. Most medical schools use gravity feed fluids instead of a pump. This fixes the tissue so plastination can begin with soaking in acetone, boil it off under a vacuum and adding the latex mix. It takes months for a full body. Now go have a nice day.
Har. Good one to visualize. This certainly brings the memory of this guy to the level he deserves. On with the show! Let the tabloids go ape-shit!
Not to mention the fact that Bubbles is still alive.
well i guess it wont take long as MJ has so much plastic in him now?
#4, Deekman, MJ’s body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles, his late pet monkey who was plastinated a number of years ago and is exhibited at The Body Worlds & Mirror Of Time exhibition at the O2 Centre in London.
um bubbles is alive, in his 20s at an animal sanctuary.
Wikipedia still shows him alive.
#4 – Deekman – Not to mention the fact that Bubbles is still alive.
That can easily be fixed.
It would be a fitting memorial for the weirdo.
#8, Uncle Dave, then the source for the article just took a big hit.
Since MJ is made of plastic why not melt him down into Legos so the kids can play with HIM for a change?
Bubba,
It’s hard to hit something that’s already at the bottom. I said it had a good chance of being crap.
Wasn’t he plasticised when alive? It would certainly explain a few thing.
#13, Uncle Dave, yes you did, but geez, you’d think the article could get a certifiable fact correct. Bummer. Thanks for the truth.