A2: Michael Jackson

Writing in the Chicago Reader, Miles Raymer reflects on the death of Michael Jackson, and says the first person he thought of was Brian Woolridge, the Ann Arbor man who dances to Michael Jackson tunes in the alley next to Michigan Theater: “You can watch him for hours, literally: he’s there all day every Sunday. I don’t know what to call that kind of devotion except religious. Woolridge’s obvious spiritual dedication and the physically demanding form his worship takes are like something out of a medieval monastery. He probably has more in common with holy men on the other side of the globe than with the people who stop on the sidewalk to watch him for a minute.” [Source]