Turntable Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) "The media is bullishin ,now we cant even say ish They accusing Michael of touchin kids in the wrong places At first they embraced him, had a couple of facelifts Now people wanna place him with murderers and rapists" .- The Game Edited December 12, 2006 by Turntable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerkot Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 No smoke without fire though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Brakes Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 thanx, how the hell do they do that lean? Nearly killed myself as a kid trying to do it. That baffled me as well for ages! When I was at his concert he did it and the whole place went mental! Here's how he does it!! Michael Jackson and two of his costume designers obtained a US patent (US5255452) in 1993 on "Methods and Means for Creating Anti Gravity Illusion". The invention outlines how a special pair of shoes attaches to a stage to allow leaning forward beyond the centre of gravity of the wearer of the shoes. A case study of this patent is presented here. Background and Prior Art Interesting stage designs, lighting, fog generators, laser light shows, and large video screens have been used by music entertainers and dancers to enhance the appeal of their live and recorded performances. In the past Michael Jackson had incorporated dance steps in his recorded video performances, wherein he and other dancers would lean forward beyond their center of gravity, thereby creating an impressive visual effect. In the video this effect was accomplished by the use of cables connecting a harness around the dancer's waist with hooks on a stage, thereby allowing the dancer to lean forward at the required degree. However, since this requires stagehands to connect and then disconnect the cables, it has not been possible to use this system in live performances. Moreover, the cables obviously restricted arm and body movements. Description of the Invention The present invention overcomes the above noted deficiencies of the previously employed cable system by providing specialized footwear and a moveable hitch or post to which the specialized footwear can be detachably engaged to, allowing the footwear wearer to lean forward on the stage, with his or her center of gravity well beyond the front of the shoes, thereby creating the desired visual effect. The hitch or post protrude upwardly through the stage platform at a predetermined time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Julie Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 you've ruined the illusion, lol im just kidding, thats amazing, u must need a lot of power in your body to pull that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogue Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXiDKwgHrZc That's one of the best performances of Billie Jean that i've ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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