There's A Chance For Groovin'

Final, final Michael Jackson post I promise. In Smooth Criminal, MJ and his dance troupe do a crazy 45 degree lean. Observe:



I had always been a little dumbfounded by the move, but as this all occurred in the days before Google, I just assumed Michael was a magician as well as an incredible dancer. Turns out, he's actually a scientist. He has a patent on this little device, which basically involves some trickster shoes and a peg in the floor which appears and connects to the heel of the shoe at the right instant. Very Q in James Bond, no?