Fred Astaire Appreciation Thread

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I know this thread will be overlooked but it's long overdue....





Two of the most well known MJ videos because of its choreography and scenery. Lets keep it a bean, MJ does GOAT things...but what if I told you that these videos were homages of movie scenes from a well known actor/dancer/singer...

Meet Fred Astaire:


The man with the golden feet, silky warm vocals, and revolutionary who played a huge part in the golden years of American Cinema. Dude embodied what I love about classic movies.



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Even the GAWD was inspired by Astaire:

Usher: At a young age, 16 or 17, I was introduced to a different style of entertaining outside what I had seen on television or what I had studied or heard about. I knew about it, but I didn't really study it. Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, all those actresses and entertainers. I was introduced to Gene Kelly. I was introduced to Fred Astaire. I was introduced to Ben Vereen, Sammy Davis Jr. who were, in a sense, triple threats. They could sing, dance as well as act. Those people were my motivation to become more involved in the business aspect of it. It makes you a quadruple threat. You've got the singing, acting, the dancing. You get a little business in there and you might have it going on.


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The GOAT that gave the sauce to your favorite performer :wow:
 
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