LightOfArt said:

I was just gonna post that, the crowd is going apeshit! I'd hate to be in the front row with everyone pushing and screaming like that.

Anyway IMO the song is just about universal equality, he's always been passionate about that. The video is just meant to be a cultural experience, seeing such a classically American pop star "branch out" in different dance styles and again helps expose people to different cultures. Plus, it looks spectacular and MJ's vids were always about taking it to the next level.

The intro is confusing though.

The faces at the end again go with the universal theme, "we're all one" "we're all the same" etc etc

The alleyway dance is really just self expression, which often doesn't mean anything or make sense.

Timmy84 said:

Don't forget Spaceship Michael.

spacedolphin said:

wasnt he a clay rabbit 2

PleasurePrinciple said:

Yes.

Damn... Michael was just fucking weird in that whole thing.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

OMG, I didn't have my sound turned on, so at first I thought this was the real thing

I was like... wtf





UGH Michael

Black or White ain´t my all time favourite song. It was heavily overplayed, but I have to admit, I enjoyed it the most at a concert - that was wild.

As for the video, I think it´s just great, chaotic, but original and genius. I have to admit I don´t get what he was trying to say by the panther section, but the dancing was cool. It would have been even greater if he did a simple dance section to no music and lay off the crotch-grabbing and smashing windows.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I remember watching that skit when it first aired. Funny as hell!

LightOfArt said:

This is a great example of how Michael's stage performances still grab you even if you don't care for the song.

shesoffthewall said:

And it's still funny after 17 years. Tommy Davidson was a clown!

Timmy84 said:

Tommy was always on point with his impersonations on Michael and Sammy.
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shesoffthewall said:

"This fellow right here is a swell cat"

shesoffthewall said:

His imitation of Sammy was DEAD-ON!

He should play him in that biopic for real, lol.

Timmy84 said:

Tommy does great impressions of everyone ... MJ, Sugar Ray, Spike Lee, Sammy, Rick James, Bobby McFarrin, LOL.

Eddie G. does Sammy great also.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I forgot about Eddie. He sure does.

Speaking of Tommy, God, did you see him when he did MC Hammer?!

"Uh oh uh oh" while his "pants" are over his head. That was a classic skit!

Timmy84 said:

You know! I always thought he should've played Sammy in that tv movie that was done a few years back about the Rat Pack, instead of getting Don Cheadle.

shesoffthewall said:

Don Cheeto as Sammy D.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Tommy is a MASTER!

Eddie does MJ great too.

Timmy84 said:

Got it on DVD. Have you seen the Too Legit To Quit spoof??

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah I think so. But it's been so long, I forgot to look for that on YouTube. LOL Wasn't when Hammer was accused of being a sell-out?

Timmy84 said:

There were sooooo many plot holes in Moonwalker

1.Where were the kid's parents?
2.Why was Kellie cryin' all the fuckin time!
3.Where did Michael go when left as a spaceship
4.Where did all those damn people come from to watch Come Together
5.What happened to the people in the Smooth Criminal scene?
6.Did the kids have a place to stay?

I mean damn

bboy87 said:

1.) Michael thinks adults are "ignorant", lol.
2.) Kellie was crying because she wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom, lol.
3.) Michael had to get some gas for the spaceship.
4.) He brought them from the spaceship.
5.) They all disappeared because they were 1930s artifacts, lol.
6.) Hell naw



If this was a box-office movie, I'll give it a F.

the dance part at the end is michael releasing his frustration at racism and prejudice through dance

OfftheWall said:

So he said in '99. I remembered when he said that. But it still looks like simulating sex to me.

Timmy84 said:

did he say that? i just made it up rofl

OfftheWall said:

I don't know the exact quote but he told MTV News in 1999 when they were doing the 100 greatest videos (Black or White was in the top 50 if I'm not mistaken) and he said that he wanted to do something that would address racism and bigotry and then he said during the dance, something "got loose" inside him and he let it go.

Yeah he let it go alright. He just wanted to be another horny dude. That was not an anti-racist dance. I could understand if he danced in the style of traditional African dance, but holding your crotch 13 times is NOT an anti-racist statement. That's perversion.

Ain't nothing wrong with that but he a fool if he think I'm believing it.

damn. when BOW came out and i watched the premiere as a kid I was laughing so hard at all the movements and dancing without music i didnt get too much the fuck he was doing but all I know was I was excited.

NMusiqNSoul said:

My nephew was like that.

he sang it cuz he wrote it