"I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain"
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The line sketches Michael (Jackson is the obvious referent) as both hyper-visible and desperately trying to disappear. A jeep becomes a movable wall, a prop that lets him control sightlines: who gets access, who gets a glimpse, when the gaze is allowed to land. Calling it "like a curtain" is doing heavy work. Curtains are theatrical, but theyre also domestic; they separate public performance from private vulnerability. Dees is implying that even offstage, the tour is still a show, and privacy has to be manufactured the same way lighting cues are.
There is a sly indictment in the offhand generosity: "I had a jeep made up for Michael". It frames care as customization, but also exposes how the machine of entertainment solves human problems with hardware. Instead of asking why someone needs to hide, the system builds a hiding place and keeps the schedule moving. The subtext is less about one eccentric star than about an industry that treats fear, anxiety, or trauma as technical challenges to engineer around - until the person behind the curtain becomes inseparable from the apparatus meant to protect them.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Dees, Rick. (2026, January 16). I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-had-a-jeep-made-up-for-michael-and-he-would-112855/
Chicago Style
Dees, Rick. "I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-had-a-jeep-made-up-for-michael-and-he-would-112855/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-had-a-jeep-made-up-for-michael-and-he-would-112855/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

