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TIL Michael Jackson's iconic style, fashion, and choreography were heavily influenced by Bob Fosse's performance as the Snake in the 1974 musical film The Little Prince (lemmy.nz)

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[-] lemmysmash@piefed.social 43 points 1 hour ago

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Wonder where Bob Fosse got it? A combination of previous performers or something completely original, which is rare.

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 74 points 2 hours ago

"Heavily influenced"

[-] Setiyeti93@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 hour ago

Bob Fosse has been insanely influential on pop culture in general.

[-] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 1 points 14 minutes ago

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[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

MJ: "you know, I'm something of a snake in the grass myself"

[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 24 points 2 hours ago

Thats so fucking cool!!!

[-] Shameless@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

Fascinating!

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 hours ago

Cool find!

[+] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app -14 points 2 hours ago

Oh cool, so not only was he forgiven for being a pedophile but his entire image was a ripoff

[-] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 4 points 53 minutes ago

You've been fooled by propaganda.

His image was attacked and destroyed because he wouldn't sell his music catalog.

[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I stopped listening to his music in the 90s when the accusations came out. But I’ve spent a lot of time seperatijg the tabloid smears, the false or unlikely allegations from his own story. I’m convinced he was destroyed for his money.

We should enjoy his music and his legacy. And I say that as a survivor myself.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Did you watch “Leaving Neverland”?

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

There is literally no proof he was a pedophile.

Sarcastic edit: The snake in that scene is telling the boy that all his problems will go away if he stings him with his stinger. The pedophillia was obviously also copied from this scene.

[+] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -7 points 1 hour ago

No proof except multiple eyewitness / victim testimony and a mountain of corroborating evidence. Like Epstein. Or trump.

[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 9 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

The relevant Wikipedia page coalates the mountain of all the evidence related- I hadn't read it till recently when someone linked it and I really have no stake in this, I don't really care about mj, but the evidence really doest point to him being a pedophile.

It points to him having an unhealthy and innapropriate relationship with children and the idea of childhood. But theres honestly a really big gap between what it points to and being a pedophile who has sex with children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Michael_Jackson_sexual_abuse_allegations?wprov=sfla1

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Just watch “Leaving Neverland”. It’s spelled out very plainly.

[-] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 4 points 49 minutes ago

multiple eyewitness / victim testimony

All of whom have since either quietly retracted their testimony and/or admitted they lied.

a mountain of corroborating evidence

A false accusation can't be corroborated

Like Epstein. Or trump.

Are you this mad about them too? Or do you only pick on the easy targets to make yourself feel big?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 26 minutes ago

All of whom have since either quietly retracted their testimony and/or admitted they lied.

That’s not true.

Are you this mad about them too?

Madder, fwiw. Trump’s dancing is awful.

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 43 minutes ago

I like how he thinks that just mentioning Epstein and Trump, when talking about pedos, makes him right.

[-] starik@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

Just for Billie Jean, not his entire image.

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