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STEVEN IVORY: Truly, Michael Jackson was It
译文 :badthriller
欣赏《This Is It》 不一定得是Michael Jackson的粉丝，这部纪录片记载了Jackson声势浩大的2009年伦敦演出的彩排过程，可惜那再也举办不了了。
看这部影片，你不必把Jackson当作一位备受误解的圣人，你甚至不用去挖掘他的音乐。
你只要好好欣赏一个身处颠峰的王者是如何努力使自己更强大。你只要拥有一个窥伺者的好奇心，想知道一切怎么进行的，就会完全迷上Jackson鬼斧神工的创意，他曾全神贯注于这件艺术设计，可惜功亏一篑。
有一个根深蒂固的观点，Michael Jackson绝对是历史上最伟大的艺人之一。《This Is It》就展示了这个男人不可思议的绝世才华。
无论关于这部影片的评价如何，通过这些彩排感受一下Jackson的奇思妙想。每个严肃音乐家，不管是小镇教堂唱诗班的指挥，还是谱写沙发音乐三重奏的作曲家，都清楚彩排是有效与乐手磨合的过程。
就是这样，影片里，看Jackson舞动就是欣赏他魅力的最佳点。看他跳舞 —— 尤其是彩排而不是正式演出，只要看过他精巧地施展自己的卓越才华 —— 你就会意识到，自己还在忙于生计的时候，Jackson正精进他与生俱来的表演技巧。
当你正吵着和另一半要离婚的时候，《Thriller》恐怖的销量巩固了Jackson流行乐霸主的地位，他几乎每个周日的下午都在镜子前面练舞练到精疲力竭（真的是这样），想要变出新花样。在你对现状满腹牢骚的时候，MJ正突破自己的人体极限。他是职业道德的楷模，朝气蓬勃、一心一意，而结果却出乎意料。对他私生活的过分关注引来大麻烦，影响了Jackson的舞台统治力。
在看《This Is It》的时候，你会发现即使经过最勤奋的训练，也没人可以成为Jackson那样伟大的艺人。这个男人天赋异禀，为了艺术他甚至可以残酷地挖掘自己的潜能，不计代价。
如果你还没看过这部记录片，给你个观影建议：别走神。最狂热的Jackson粉丝甚至说自己被他的招牌动作迷住了 —— 踢腿、转圈和那些Jackson模仿者的太空步 —— Jackson的细心敏锐迷得他们神魂颠倒。
当Jackson登上演出台，每个一停一顿都有不同的感官刺激和性感节奏，要是眨下眼睛（或者像我一样，看《This Is It》时记笔记），你就会错过好戏。的确，他巧妙地将激情、快乐和肢体语言转化为纯粹的魔力，《This Is It》里许多精彩部分都展现了Jackson无与伦比的实力 —— 那些经典时尚的舞步都是Jackson粉丝早已熟知的，如今他们可以再次领略他强大的气场。
事实上正是艺人Jackson表现出的独特性 —— 他舞蹈的神韵和那副将流行乐与灵魂乐完美融合的多变歌喉 —— 才最终吸引人们关注他的私生活。
很久以前，Jackson不同寻常的公众形象就压制了他聚光灯下杰出的事业发展。他是当代最伟大而又神秘莫测、勾人魂魄的演出家之一，即使以后提到Michael Jackson，他依旧能赢得世界的迷恋和崇敬。我们只是惊讶于想窥视Jackson的私生活，却常常忽视可能看到的事实，总希望能发现点什么来了解为什么舞台上的Jackson会如此灵敏、猛烈又高贵。《This Is It》里面就有我们想要得到的答案。
这部现场表演的影片是Jackson留给我们最后的东西，里面记录了真正的演唱舞蹈音乐艺术，没有那些小道传闻。任何想进入演艺圈或已经进入演艺圈的人都要来看看《This Is It》。即使是做幕后的 —— 娱乐圈行政高官、经纪人或律师 —— 也要来看看这部影片，提醒自己（或者教会你）什么都比不上坚忍不拔的大天才。扭捏作态的、弄虚作假的还有那些难听的假声音都去死吧！
顺便说一下，看完《This Is It》 —— 看过听过了那些技巧高超的音乐家、歌手和舞者 —— 那些诸如Lil' Wayne之流应该不会再随随便便抱把吉他就上台，除非自己真学会了。别不把吉他当回事，以为那是件时尚饰品。要么好好学会怎么弹，要么就别蹂躏乐器。
事实上，认真规划好要做的事，是我从《This Is It》里学到的东西。无论你的一生将从事什么，看完Jackson眼花缭乱的银幕表演和为艺术孜孜不倦的奉献，如果你离开时，没有迫切地想步入自己的轨道，那你就错过了MJ最有力的舞步。
也谢谢33楼wushuai8888的翻译 辛苦了
*You don't have to be a Michael Jackson fan to enjoy “This Is It,” the Sony documentary chronicling rehearsals for Jackson's infamous 2009 London shows that never happened.
To like this film, you don't need to have considered Jackson a misunderstood saint. You don't even have to dig his music.
You only have to appreciate witnessing someone already at the pinnacle of his game strive to be better. You have to possess a voyeur's curiosity as to how things work, and be utterly intrigued with the spooky notion of a person so focused on their artistry that they literally become it.
It's long been established that Michael Jackson was arguably one of the greatest entertainers of all time. "This Is It" illustrates just what a ridiculously magnificent talent the man was.
That illustration, despite what critics rave of the film, doesn't come from watching Jackson direct his rehearsals. Every serious musician, whether leading a small town church choir or putting a lounge trio through its paces, knows that rehearsal is about being clear on what you want from your players and respectfully requesting it.
While Jackson does that, in the film the point of his baddness is made simply by watching him move. Because, in observing him dance--especially in rehearsal and not full-on, when you get to observe the delicate mechanics of his brilliance--you realize that while you were busy living your life, Jackson was perfecting his wildly intuitive skills as a performer.
While you were going through your divorce, even as monstrous sales figures of “Thriller” solidified his place in pop music history, Jackson was spending most Sunday afternoons at home dancing before a mirror to exhaustion (this is the truth), trying to conjure something new. While you were busy flip-flopping about things, MJ was breaking the glass ceiling of his physical and funky limitations. His was a greatness borne out of a work ethic so dynamic and single-minded that the results seem abnormal. The idea that other aspects of his life were said to be such a mess make Jackson's onstage mastery all the more startling.
And at the same time, while watching "This Is It," you realize that no one becomes the mighty entertainer Jackson was by even the most diligent practice sessions. The man was the recipient of a gift. A gift he came to nurture relentlessly at the expense of nearly all else in his life.
If you haven't seen the documentary, here's some advice in viewing it: don't look away. Even the most informed Jackson devotee thinks they are mesmerized simply by the man's trademark gestures--the kicks, spins and moonwalk emulated by a multitude of Jackson impersonators--when they are actually seduced by Jackson's entrancing subtlety.
It's the instinctive physical attitude and sexy rhythm that occurs in the nanosecond when Jackson's body is on its way from one show-stopping move to the next; the stuff you'll miss if you blink (or as I did during “This Is It,” try to take notes). Indeed, it is his funky subtlety that turns impassioned, joyful, physical expression into sheer magic, and during “This Is It,” many of the film's best moments are Jackson's sublime subtlety--the kind of groovy mini moves that had Jackson fans taping his televised performances over the years so they could relish the man's swaggering mettle over and again.
The truth is that it was Jackson's ingenuity as an entertainer--his verve as a dancer, his stylistic vocals that peerlessly homogenized pop and soul interpretations--that ultimately made anyone care about what went on in his personal life.
Consider that Jackson's beyond-eccentric public persona would have overwhelmed the formidable careers of lesser lights long ago. His abstruse, seductive dazzle as one of the greatest showmen of modern time was and continues to be the primary reason for the world's fascination, worship and when required, sympathy for Michael Jackson. We only gaped in wonder at Jackson's complex private life, often ignoring and/or forgiving what we might find, in hope that something--anything--would help shed any measure of light on how a man can do what Jackson did on a stage with such soulful agility, fury and grace. “This Is It” is as close to an answer as we're going to get.
It is fitting that a film about the live pop music performance would be the last thing Jackson left us, in an era when the true art of singing, dancing and musicianship is all but folklore. “This Is It” is required viewing for anyone who (A) wants to be in show business or (B) is already in show business. Even if you make your living behind the scenes--as an entertainment executive, manager or attorney--see this film to remind you (or introduce you to the concept) that there is no substitute for absolute and unyielding talent. Posers, fakers and that hideous Auto Voice be damned.
By the way, after viewing “This Is It"--seeing and hearing all the truly skilled musicians, singers and dancers--the likes of Lil' Wayne should never again want to go onstage holding a guitar unless they can actually play the thing. Stop disrespecting the guitar by wearing it as a fashion accessory. Either dedicate yourself to the task of seriously learning to play or cease your molestation of the instrument.
In fact, that--truly getting ones shit together--is the main thing I took away from “This Is It.” Matters not what you do or pursue in this life. After witnessing Jackson's dizzying onscreen craftsmanship and indefatigable dedication to his thing, if you aren't left with the irrepressible desire to step up your own game, then you missed MJ's most dynamic move ever. |
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