Send in the Clowns

The Michael Jackson trial is starting to get moving. And while I find celebrity trials to be horrible examples of the law and the legal profession, this disdain provides just the right amount of bile for a great blog entry.

Today, the Jackson camp released its potential witness list. 370 people are on the list, most of them celebrities. Click here for story. This long list of celebrity endorsers is Jackson's attempt to remind the jury that he's Michael Jackson. That's Michael Jackson, the famous singer and not Michael Jackson the famous freak.

I'm not sure it's going to work. The longer the jury is in the same room with Jackson, the more they will be observing him. And I wonder if this vast celebrity endorsement will annoy the jury, because by the 50th famous person they just might realize that their being sold.