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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Mar 22, 2023 19:44:23 GMT
This March 22 marks the centenary of the birth of the mime Marceau. An artist who took the art of pantomime to the top. From the beginning of his career, he proved that silence is sometimes better than long speeches. Marked by Charlie Chaplin, whom he imitated to perfection, Marcel Mangel, his real name, grew up in Strasbourg in a Jewish family. When war broke out, he joined the Resistance and called himself Marceau. With his cousin Georges Loinger, he made hundreds of Jewish children cross the Swiss border, whom he knew how to distract in silence. After the war, in 1947, Marcel invented Bip, a clown character expressing the tragedy of existence and the hope of a better world. Michael Jackson was inspired by Marceau to create new dance moves for his craft and both have met numerous times throughout their careers and were also due to perform at the Beacon Theater on Broadway for concert for HBO in 1995. The special One Night Only was cancelled due to Michael falling sick. When Marceau died in 2007 at the age of 84 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery, hundreds of mourners paid their last respects to him in Paris. Today Wednesday, March 22, 2023 the most famous pantomime would have been 100 years old. Google is therefore dedicating a doodle to him.
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Mar 22, 2023 20:15:16 GMT
During a trip to London Michael visits the Sadler's Wells Theatre to watch a Marcel Marceau show, visiting the mime backstage and stopping for a photo. Marceau died in 2007 and Michael, a friend and admirer of Marcel spoke to JET magazine and answered the question of the origin of the Moonwalk which had been attributed to the mime's influence. In a JET exclusive interview, [Michael] Jackson shared how much in awe he was of the performer, how "he would defy the laws of gravity." The two developed a friendship over the last several decades. However, while he "learned a lot" from Marceau, Jackson said that his Moonwalk step, popularized in 1983, was instead inspired by "watching the great rhythmic, wonderful Black children dance around the world." Nevertheless, Marceau was one of his inspirations, Jackson said in his first magazine interview in nearly a decade. "He was a great guy. I used to go see Marcel Marceau all of the time, before Off The Wall," he said, with a smile. "I used to sneak in and sit in the audience and watch how he would defy the laws of gravity, like he was stepping on air." Jackson said that he would later use some of the mime's magical movements in his own dance routines. "I would take some of those things and include it into rhythm and dance when I moved," he said. Marceau died in the southwestern France town of Cahors on Sept. 22 2007. aged 84. He had retired from the stage in 2005. "Jet" magazine October 2007
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Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Mar 22, 2023 20:39:25 GMT
Happy 100th Birthday Marcel Marceau RIP! πππ
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