Cracked video allegation about MJ copying moonwalk from Bob Fosse

[HIStory]

The funny thing is that while these ignorant fools on the Internet accuse MJ of "ripping off" this or that, those same artists whom he supposedly "ripped off" had great respect for him. Fred Astaire was in awe of his dancing. Gene Kelly praised him. James Brown too. So obviously these artists understood the difference between a rip off and inspiration and did not mind to be inspired by Michael. They understood this is how art works from generations to generations and the same way as they were an inspiration to Michael they too had their own inspirations - they would be the first to admit that and only people who are ignorant about art would find fault in such an inspiration. You can tell the difference between rip off and inspiration. Someone who copies (or rips off) just repeats the same things, does not add anything new or exciting, does not elevate the old move to another level. Someone who is inspired takes an old element and makes it his own, puts it in new context etc. Just like that article by Gene Kelly's widow said:

Though Gene appreciated when people paid tribute to his work, he never relished literal renderings. He preferred, instead, to see artists take his steps and ideas and turn them into something new. Referring to the role of the artist, he said, "If he just follows the leader and accepts what's been done before, naturally, that can be brought to a very high skill. But if he wants to change it in some way and do it differently, then it jumps up to the major league."


To Gene, Michael Jackson was one who made this leap. His movements were derivative, yet he transformed the many borrowings into a new and exciting art form.

 

[Dianne]

When I googled Bob Fosse Little Prince only the second video that came up was a video about MJ supposedly ripping off Fosse. When I took a closer look of the channel that posted that video it turns out it's an MJ hater channel dedicated to videos bashing MJ in every way possible. (The good thing is the video had like 4-5 commenters only, apparently by the same people who are on MJfacts, at least one of them had the title of that website in their user name. BTW, this just shows that these people are not concerned about alleged child abuse. They are just common haters who would want to bash and trash MJ in every way possible.). So I suspect, that a lot of this "MJ ripped off Fosse" thing is spread around by haters. The whole thing was very ignorant because they claimed the moonwalk was invented by Fosse (not true) and that MJ stole it from him and never gave credit (also not true - MJ never claimed to have invented the moonwalk, he always gave credit to others - although not to Fosse personally, but he did not have to since Fosse was not the inventor of the moonwalk in the first place).
But yeah, they make this strawman argument saying MJ claimed to have invented the moonwalk when he never said that.

LOL could they be anymore pathetic? It's like they don't even try to come across as true and reliable. At least someone like Dimond tries, even if she fails. SMH :doh::smilerolleyes::rofl:

 

[mj_frenzy]

It is very common in art to take inspiration from other artists.

For example, ‘Dangerous’ choreography was inspired by the film ‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1971) but the final, visual outcome is totally different (& probably unnoticeable).

 

[DuranDuran]

It is very common in art to take inspiration from other artists.

[video=youtube;coGpmA4saEk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coGpmA4saEk[/video]
Everything is a Remix is produced by Kirby Ferguson, a New York-based filmmaker.

Ferguson examines modern attitudes toward intellectual property and how these attitudes rather counterintuitively stifle creativity rather than fostering it.

He illustrates the interconnectedness of our creations and how current laws and norms miss this essential truth.

“The hard truth is that most creations are worthless immediately. Most books, films, albums, computer applications, or whatever else are met with not just indifference but disuse. They basically aren’t read, aren’t viewed, aren’t used. Of the lucky ones that find a modest audience, almost all of those fall into obscurity within a few decades.

"Only a slim minority of works have commercial value after that and current copyright legislation is clearly written for this tiny group. Copyleft activists sometimes refer to this segment as the ‘lottery winners’.”

 

[mj_frenzy]

[video=youtube;coGpmA4saEk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coGpmA4saEk[/video]
Everything is a Remix is produced by Kirby Ferguson, a New York-based filmmaker.

Ferguson examines modern attitudes toward intellectual property and how these attitudes rather counterintuitively stifle creativity rather than fostering it.

He illustrates the interconnectedness of our creations and how current laws and norms miss this essential truth.

“The hard truth is that most creations are worthless immediately. Most books, films, albums, computer applications, or whatever else are met with not just indifference but disuse. They basically aren’t read, aren’t viewed, aren’t used. Of the lucky ones that find a modest audience, almost all of those fall into obscurity within a few decades.

"Only a slim minority of works have commercial value after that and current copyright legislation is clearly written for this tiny group. Copyleft activists sometimes refer to this segment as the ‘lottery winners’.”

This documentary really strips away Hollywood...

It is really interesting to see that this “remix” concept is pretty widespread also outside art.

Nice video, I was not aware of that.

 

[MJBT]

That was an interesting and funny watch, at least Michael made it unique to him where as now when Jason Derulo copies Michael he doesn't try to make it his own