FRED ASTAIRE in SMOOTH CRIMINAL Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron Choreographed by Michael Kidd ‘Smooth Criminal’ by Michael Jackson Video edited by CFJ Here’s a high quality version of the video that I posted over a year ago. It was the first of my MJ trilogy videos, made on March 2008. It got about 450000 views in 14 months. I don’t know whether MJ had ever watched this, but I wished that he would see it on youtube and just smile… which would have been definitely my biggest pleasure. Some things I wanted to say by this video are: 1) Fred Astaire was such a great dancer and he could dance beautifully to every type of music… even to a MJ song. 2) MJ is not an originator but such a great successor who inherits various musical legacies and creates his own style. We must always learn the history. And now, the next generation must go on just like him. May you dance in peace with Astaire, MJ. I will adore you, always. Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal (LQ) www.youtube.com More about Astaire’s influence on MJ: strongerthanparadise.blog122.fc2.com About films used in Smooth Criminal 2009 (This Is It, Noir version): strongerthanparadise.blog122.fc2.com The following is the original description I wrote for the video. ————————————- I love both Astaire and Michael Jackson. I want young people to know Astaire stuff, that is why I made this. The video features scenes from the Girl Hunt ballet in The Band Wagon (1953) starring Astaire and Cyd …