Jackson was a 'mutant' says French paper...

While many French newspapers have paid tribute to Michael Jackson, a number of columnists have dug the daggers in deep, calling the pop icon a "mutant" whose music was "kitsch".

Perhaps it was inevitable the king of pop was in for a rough ride from the cultural arbiters in a country so suspicious of globalisation, with one columnist calling Jackson "the icon of our disturbing modernity". More...

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