Captain Eo: every kid I knew was desperate to go to Epcot Center to see MJ’s Popstar Galactica sci-fi turn. This weird piece finds him leading a “ragtag band” of wisecracking Muppet-like creatures into interstellar combat, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas. The latter’s involvement indicates how the Star Wars prequels would turn out – lots of pre-echoes of Jar Jar in those puppets…
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Secret of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Forward Leaning Move – smooth criminal lean #jacko
The late King of Pop pioneered dance moves that looked mechanical and weren’t, like the moonwalk, and at least one that looked mechanical and was: The forward-leaning maneuver from his “Smooth Criminal” video. The secret is all in the shoes.
Trying to lean beyond one’s center of gravity normally leads to a giant, awkward step forward to retain balance, so to achieve the 45-degree angle he wanted, Michael and his dancers used special shoes as well as a trick in the stage floor. When the time came for the move, a peg-like aperture would protrude from the dance floor. The heel of the dancers’ shoes featured a triangular cut out that could be hitched onto the peg, anchoring the dancers to lean much farther forward, and thus blowing the world’s collective mind.
