{"id":2158,"date":"2009-12-09T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2009-12-09T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:38:27","slug":"opus-reveals-unreleased-chaplin-video-stills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/12\/opus-reveals-unreleased-chaplin-video-stills\/","title":{"rendered":"Opus Reveals Unreleased Chaplin Video Stills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/chaplin-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"chaplin\" title=\"chaplin\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2159\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>The black-and-white photos of Michael Jackson are remarkable not only as previously unreleased images of one the last half-century&#8217;s most photographed men. They also reveal much about the pop superstar&#8217;s abiding impulses: his impish sense of humor, his fealty to yesteryear&#8217;s master showmen and his concern about his own place in the pop culture firmament.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting a threadbare black suit, pancake makeup and a miniature brush mustache, Jackson is a doppelg\u00e4nger for Charlie Chaplin&#8217;s &#8220;Little Tramp&#8221; character from 1921&#8217;s &#8220;The Kid.&#8221; The photos, taken in 1994 by Steve Whitsitt, were originally intended as a companion piece to the Chaplin-inspired video the director-photographer was shooting for &#8220;Smile&#8221; &#8212; the cover of the silent comedian&#8217;s famous song that appears on Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;HIStory&#8221; album. 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