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Other Odd Things / Kenny Ortega, Q & A Variety..listen to what he says hmm
« on: December 31, 2009, 04:04:05 PM »
Please listen to the youtube-clip with Kenny O:
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He starts talking about, how they were to begin a rehearsal of Dirty Diana with illusions on the 25th of june.. and then he says Michael was there.. but he could be talking about another Michael.. apparently there were many named Michael in the This is it rehearsals. Listen for yourselves.
Transcript: from about 4:07
The day Michael died, you know that particular day, we were getting ready to rehearse Dirty Diana, which was involved in an enormous illusion that the Copperfields folks worked with us on. Michael loved magic, loved illusion, he always had it in his live shows. And, he was super, super excited that the day had come where that element was arriving at the Staples and that we were gonna begin rehearsals. That morning we were all getting ready. We were having the technical rehearsals. We had, you know, Michael was there. All of the illusion builders were there, the dancers were there, our assistant was standing in for Michael. We were getting it all ready when phones started going off all over the arena. It was like.. being cold cocked; you know that expression. Just like, I just felt like I just got run over. And, when I looked around I saw people falling to their knees and collapsing and it was like the biggest surprise.
This was his journey his adventure. We were part of his team. He was the principle architect you know and we were the builders. The end of every journey with Michael I always ended up some place I'd never been before. It was always growing it was always awesome. I always felt better about myself - as an artist and as a person.
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He starts talking about, how they were to begin a rehearsal of Dirty Diana with illusions on the 25th of june.. and then he says Michael was there.. but he could be talking about another Michael.. apparently there were many named Michael in the This is it rehearsals. Listen for yourselves.
Transcript: from about 4:07
The day Michael died, you know that particular day, we were getting ready to rehearse Dirty Diana, which was involved in an enormous illusion that the Copperfields folks worked with us on. Michael loved magic, loved illusion, he always had it in his live shows. And, he was super, super excited that the day had come where that element was arriving at the Staples and that we were gonna begin rehearsals. That morning we were all getting ready. We were having the technical rehearsals. We had, you know, Michael was there. All of the illusion builders were there, the dancers were there, our assistant was standing in for Michael. We were getting it all ready when phones started going off all over the arena. It was like.. being cold cocked; you know that expression. Just like, I just felt like I just got run over. And, when I looked around I saw people falling to their knees and collapsing and it was like the biggest surprise.
This was his journey his adventure. We were part of his team. He was the principle architect you know and we were the builders. The end of every journey with Michael I always ended up some place I'd never been before. It was always growing it was always awesome. I always felt better about myself - as an artist and as a person.