
Completely random and people just went past it.
Was you part of a Make a Wish kid?
*taken from a social media post i wrote about it a few months back.
My old man took us to Disney world in 1990 and on account of his meticulous planning, had dinner reserved one night at a puppet themed restaurant in the magical kingdom.
Upon entrance the
man gushed about what "good" seats we had.
My father, forever the incredulous curmudgeon (much like his son) turned to his family and sneered "What?! a black man can't have good seats!?"
Welp, it turned out that the seats in question were directly next to a man who looked remarkably like the King of Pop, right down to his trademark red leather and fedora.
"It's an impersonator." my father muttered, picking at his salad.
Eager to please, I blindly agreed and folded my arms in disgust.
It was Michael Motherfukking Jackson.
Not only that.. but he had arguably the hottest child actor in America at the time, Macllay Culkin sitting beside him.
My mother and sister knew better.
They rushed him and were granted a brief conversation and an autograph.
I sat in solidarity with my father, stern faced and pretending to be indifferent.of course by now the entire establishment was in a frenzy and from the murmurs I heard, were plotting to descend upon the mega star. So Peter Pan's team staged a food fight and were quickly ushered out the back door. One of my greatest regrets in life is that I didn't play it "cool" and went to shake the man's hand. Who knows how that could have shifted the course of my existence. Maybe I'd be at Neverland ranch being read bedtime stories while nursing a glass of "Jesus Juice" and scheming on a multi million dollar lawsuit.
Nah... I wasn't ethnically ambiguous.