http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/11/02/kenny-ortega-how-i-watched-michael-jackson-grow/ Entertainment news, movies, television Fri, 25 May 2012 07:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/11/02/kenny-ortega-how-i-watched-michael-jackson-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-10902 Fausta Barra Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:45:59 +0000 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/?p=19260#comment-10902 This snippet of your interview with Ortega confirms the feeling that I was getting from the film and just thinking about various bits of news one has gleaned. Dr. Thome (when is somebody going to get the story on that guy?) wasn't up to it, so he brought back Frank diLeo and he got Michael Bearden and Travis Payne, and so many others to work again with him, and they all seemed to be pulling together to make this happen for/with MJ. It's about the most consoling thing to think about, that at least he was in a nurturing environment, hard at work, getting respect and love from those around him. Although they were not the legions of fans, I'd like to think that their esteem was more valuable, since they were all also colleagues, they knew the business too and could appreciate MJ's talents in a more informed way. As well, lets face it, the fans are great, MJ needed them, but they would also have torn him limb from limb if they had ever succeeded in getting really close to him. They could/would have loved him to death! What are you supposed to really do with love like that? That little band of brother dancers' admiration and love must have been like balm to Michael. The duet with Judith Hill was fabulous. This snippet of your interview with Ortega confirms the feeling that I was getting from the film and just thinking about various bits of news one has gleaned. Dr. Thome (when is somebody going to get the story on that guy?) wasn’t up to it, so he brought back Frank diLeo and he got Michael Bearden and Travis Payne, and so many others to work again with him, and they all seemed to be pulling together to make this happen for/with MJ. It’s about the most consoling thing to think about, that at least he was in a nurturing environment, hard at work, getting respect and love from those around him. Although they were not the legions of fans, I’d like to think that their esteem was more valuable, since they were all also colleagues, they knew the business too and could appreciate MJ’s talents in a more informed way. As well, lets face it, the fans are great, MJ needed them, but they would also have torn him limb from limb if they had ever succeeded in getting really close to him. They could/would have loved him to death! What are you supposed to really do with love like that? That little band of brother dancers’ admiration and love must have been like balm to Michael. The duet with Judith Hill was fabulous.

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