It was this day in 1988, that Michael Jackson released “Smooth Criminal” from his seventh studio album, Bad.\u00a0\u00a0The short film for Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” was the centerpiece of the feature film Moonwalker<\/p>\n
The music video has a 1930’s vibe.\u00a0 Michael’s white suite and fedora paying tribute to the Fred Astair musical comedy film The Band Wagon.\u00a0 But can we talk about those dance moves for a minute?<\/p>\n
I don’t know about you – but that lean is something I always was in awe of.\u00a0 Like, seriously.\u00a0 How did they do that?\u00a0 In this video, we see Michael and his dancers perform this seemingly impossible “anti-gravity lean”.\u00a0 \u00a0The trick?\u00a0 The illusion was created using cables and a harness.\u00a0 In October 1993, Micheal’s team patented a method of performing the lean in concert using specially designed shoes that hook into pegs that rise from the stage.\u00a0 Even with the shoes, the move still requires some seriously good athletic core strength.<\/p>\n