From the quarter toss into the jukebox to the cue ball crushed into powder and blown into a baddie's face to the moonwalk that lasts more than a blink of an eye, if you haven't watched the video for Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" in a while, it's every bit as magic as you remember it.
Jackson was always something of an illusionist, particularly when it came to his signature dance moves.
Three neurosurgeons (and admitted Jackson fans) from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India -- Nishant S. Yagnick, Manjul Tripathi and Sandeep Mohindra -- have revisited how the King of Pop achieved the 45-degree lean while keeping his spine straight, not just on video, but in live performances around the world.
"Several MJ fans, including the authors, have tried to copy this move and failed, often injuring themselves in their endeavors," reads the paper published in the Journal of Neurosurgery.
Trained dancers can lean forward a maximum of 25 to 30 degrees, but even then, it can put serious strain on the Achilles tendon.
LOL... I mostly posted this for the totally awesome video in it, but yeah, I'm pretty sure this article is a total whitewash and cover-up
The think the key is the trick boot.
Any trained dancer could do the rest.
But he did it first...and best.
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/05/22/613306407/michael-jacksons-gravity-defying-lean-continues-to-fascinate
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