[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Just some information regarding the "white people hands". MJ actually had a disease called vitiligo. It causes the pigment producing molecules in the skin to die which gives it that pale white appearance. The real reason he started wearing the glove was because it started on his hand and he wanted to cover it up. Still kind of an odd additional piece to include.

i'm familiar with the condition as well as it supposedly being the cause of his lightened skin complexion. I know it was thought by some that this was solely the cause of his lightened complexion in the latter portion of his life. I know others believed it to be simply for the fact that he wanted to lessen his African American characteristics/features(bleaching), in favor of more Caucasian looking ones.
Michael was a complicated individual so I wont dare try to break it down on a chat board about toys...BUT...i do believe his actual complexion was due to....BOTH...

As i was looking at the Smooth Criminal figure (and failing at trying to recreate dance moves from the video), I realized the action figure is actually LIGHTER in complexion than he was at that point in his life....but shit...what other figure in history would ever have that issue.

And yeah...the "white" hands were definitely a strange addition (2 sets of them) especially because....lets say..the majority of dancers/actors with him in the video were Caucasian ( a fact that I have no facts to support)...THEY WERE STILL ZOMBIES SO THEY STILL WOULD NOT MATCH!!!! Grey would have made more sense.