Here is a more recent interview with Kenny Ortega: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdKbXZng89g. It is from February 2010 by Lovefilm.com.
This is what I see:
0:05 Throughout this part he keeps shaking his head “no”. He says it was made for the fans, and then he shakes his head “no”. He says it was made for their depth to understand and appreciate what Michael was doing was doing with the show, and then he shakes his head “yes”. The real interesting part is when he says Michael set out to do a show, and then shakes his head “no”, but then stops when he says it was for the fans. I’ve always said that I believe This Is It was never meant to be a concert show, that it was meant to be a movie, and it seems like Kenny Ortega agrees.
0:35-0:50 I’m not sure what to make of this part. He shakes his head “yes”, then “no”, and then he shrugs. Maybe he believes that the film won’t show what all the goals were. Later, though, he says he hopes fans see what went into the development while shaking his head “yes”, so I’m not sure what to make of the head shake “no” and the shrug.
1:25 He says, “This wasn’t a project I set out to do”, while he shakes his head “yes”. He then continues shaking his head while he says, “Certainly, This Is It was.” What other projects are we talking about? Concert vs. movie? Whatever project he said he did not set out to do, he really did according to his head shake.
Believe.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
De Nieuwe Uri Geller—Hoax or not?
I, like a lot of other people, wondered if possibly the guest judge would be Michael Jackson. It just seemed to fit. I thought it answered his secretiveness on the previous show and his lack of response when asked if it was Michael Jackson over the internet. I didn’t get my hopes up too much, but I thought that there was a strong possibility.
Now, I know that there are many people out there that are mad at Uri Geller, because they believe that this was all a hoax to raise the number of viewers. His secretiveness about this mystery person was just to raise peoples’ hopes so they would watch the show.
Now, I’m not sure what to make of this. If he was truly supposed to have a mystery guest, the reason given behind this man (he slips up and says “he” and “him” instead of “this person” on April 9) not coming is strange to me. The reason given? This person is too controversial and the questions that surround him would not be appropriate for kids watching the show. Uri Geller’s exact words are, “It would not have been right to show this to kids watching De Nieuwe Uri Geller.” This? He had said before that he wanted to hypnotize the guest. Is that the “this” he was talking about? Come on, kids watching the show have probably seen worse than a hypnotization of a controversial person. I mean, before The Joker’s most recent act he almost always did something with blood and gore. Isn’t that worse?
Viewers are given a warning:
I just wonder if he will ever have this mystery guest on the show, because I would love to know who it was supposed to be.
Believe.
Now, I know that there are many people out there that are mad at Uri Geller, because they believe that this was all a hoax to raise the number of viewers. His secretiveness about this mystery person was just to raise peoples’ hopes so they would watch the show.
Now, I’m not sure what to make of this. If he was truly supposed to have a mystery guest, the reason given behind this man (he slips up and says “he” and “him” instead of “this person” on April 9) not coming is strange to me. The reason given? This person is too controversial and the questions that surround him would not be appropriate for kids watching the show. Uri Geller’s exact words are, “It would not have been right to show this to kids watching De Nieuwe Uri Geller.” This? He had said before that he wanted to hypnotize the guest. Is that the “this” he was talking about? Come on, kids watching the show have probably seen worse than a hypnotization of a controversial person. I mean, before The Joker’s most recent act he almost always did something with blood and gore. Isn’t that worse?
Viewers are given a warning:
Waarschuwing!If this doesn’t keep people from letting their kids watch the show, then I don’t see how a hypnotization would upset them.
De meeste optredens in deze show zijn levensgevaarlijk alleen
goed getrainde, professionele mentalisten kunnen deze uitvoeren
Doe dit
thuis nooit na!
Warning!
Most performances in this show are
dangerous, and only highly trained professional mentalists can perform them.
Do not try this at home!
I just wonder if he will ever have this mystery guest on the show, because I would love to know who it was supposed to be.
Believe.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
How to spot a lie—Ben Evenstad, Brian Oxman, and the last photograph
So as most people know, Brian Oxman came out a few months ago and said that the last photograph that National Photo Group took of Michael Jackson was a fake. He said that instead of it being Michael lying inside the ambulance, it was Michael laying on a stage, and that Ben Evenstad and Chris Weiss somehow photoshopped it.
Let’s look at these interviews again. First, Ben Evenstad’s interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VR-HSc2aM4.
0:35 He talks about his friendship with Michael Jackson and shows pictures of them together.
1:00-1:30 Check out Ben Evenstad’s eyes. He keeps looking up and to the right. The only time he looks to the left is when he is remembering Chris’s name. If he was trying to remember this entire event he would be looking up to the left.
2:45 He is asked if there was an issue with selling the photo. Check out his eyes again. Every time he pauses to think of what else to say, he glances up and to the right.
4:05 “Chris and the other people that were there that day and the other d…and uh, are a part of that agreement are going to make a lot of money.” After he slips, he quickly looks off to the right and keeps repeating “and uh” until he has come up with something to say.
If you watch him throughout the entire interview, you will notice that he hardly ever looks at the interviewer. He either looks to the right or he looks down at the ground and never keeps eye contact for more than a few seconds. To me, he seems extremely nervous.
Second, Brian Oxman’s interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbGrrNyMpZY.
0:30-1:05 “The photograph that it is taken from is Michael laying on a stage with his head leaning back.” Did you catch the head shake “no” at the end of that?
0:45 “It could possibly be a real picture, but I’d give it a 99.9% chance that it was photoshopped.” He shakes his head “no” throughout this part as well. 99.9% chance that it was a fake? Where have we heard that before? Uri Geller said that there was a 99.9% chance that his mystery guest would show up and he didn’t. Interesting, but you decide if it is connected.
0:55 He says, “It is a fake”, while shaking his head “yes”.
The biggest question to me is that if Brian Oxman knew that the photo was not real why did he wait eight months before saying that it was a fake? Better late than never, I guess. Still, I do believe that the picture is a fake, but I don’t believe that it is a photoshopped version of Michael lying on a stage. I mean come on. If you can make the picture that was shown at 0:40 in the Brian Oxman interview look like the picture in the ambulance, good for you I’d love to see it, but the angles are completely off, and I don’t see how it will work. Instead, I believe that over the course of those “other days” the picture was staged, because without that picture many more people would be questioning his death.
Believe.
Let’s look at these interviews again. First, Ben Evenstad’s interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VR-HSc2aM4.
0:35 He talks about his friendship with Michael Jackson and shows pictures of them together.
1:00-1:30 Check out Ben Evenstad’s eyes. He keeps looking up and to the right. The only time he looks to the left is when he is remembering Chris’s name. If he was trying to remember this entire event he would be looking up to the left.
2:45 He is asked if there was an issue with selling the photo. Check out his eyes again. Every time he pauses to think of what else to say, he glances up and to the right.
4:05 “Chris and the other people that were there that day and the other d…and uh, are a part of that agreement are going to make a lot of money.” After he slips, he quickly looks off to the right and keeps repeating “and uh” until he has come up with something to say.
If you watch him throughout the entire interview, you will notice that he hardly ever looks at the interviewer. He either looks to the right or he looks down at the ground and never keeps eye contact for more than a few seconds. To me, he seems extremely nervous.
Second, Brian Oxman’s interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbGrrNyMpZY.
0:30-1:05 “The photograph that it is taken from is Michael laying on a stage with his head leaning back.” Did you catch the head shake “no” at the end of that?
0:45 “It could possibly be a real picture, but I’d give it a 99.9% chance that it was photoshopped.” He shakes his head “no” throughout this part as well. 99.9% chance that it was a fake? Where have we heard that before? Uri Geller said that there was a 99.9% chance that his mystery guest would show up and he didn’t. Interesting, but you decide if it is connected.
0:55 He says, “It is a fake”, while shaking his head “yes”.
The biggest question to me is that if Brian Oxman knew that the photo was not real why did he wait eight months before saying that it was a fake? Better late than never, I guess. Still, I do believe that the picture is a fake, but I don’t believe that it is a photoshopped version of Michael lying on a stage. I mean come on. If you can make the picture that was shown at 0:40 in the Brian Oxman interview look like the picture in the ambulance, good for you I’d love to see it, but the angles are completely off, and I don’t see how it will work. Instead, I believe that over the course of those “other days” the picture was staged, because without that picture many more people would be questioning his death.
Believe.
Friday, April 9, 2010
How to spot a lie—Kenny Ortega Part 3
This interview is with Oprah Winfrey. Here is part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mj8S0gchIM&feature=related.
2:00 Oprah asks, “Have you been able to process that he is gone?” Ortega, smiling, responds, “Little bits, he’s still so much alive for me. Thank God.” That’s weird. Michael Jackson has been dead for about 4 months. I would think that it would have hit Kenny Ortega by now, and that he would not be smiling.
2:10-2:20 Oprah eyes dart up and to the left while she recalls watching the movie.
2:20 Ortega says, “He is so present in the film that you can forget that he is still not with us.” Check out his face after he says that. Once he registers what he said, he licks his lips, blinks rapidly, and then smiles. The first two are signs of anxiety.
2:30-3:10 Oprah says that she heard that Michael would call him in the middle of the night and shout out ideas. Watch Ortega when she says, “fireflies”. He says “yes”, but shakes his head “no”. He then goes on to explain what “fireflies” means, hardly looking at Oprah, until he gets to the part about looking up the word “bioluminescent”. Once he finishes he shrugs his shoulders. Maybe that is not what “fireflies” truly means. If you noticed, he kind of changed the subject. Oprah asked what it meant, referring to what it meant to Michael and why he wanted them, but Kenny Ortega turns it into how fireflies represent Michael Jackson.
4:05 He says they started rehearsing in late April. Check out his eyes while he is thinking of that, they are up and to the right. He is lying!
4:25 Oprah says “Weren’t you close to going to London.”Ortega responds, “We were about eight days away.” Check out his posture, he starts to get real fidgety.
Oprah interview part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuEKB47gaF8&NR=1.
1:50-2:50 He says Michael Jackson was healthy, no drug abuse. There are no signs that he is lying.
5:30 Oprah asks if there were any concerns. Ortega shakes head “no”, but says “yes”.
Believe.
2:00 Oprah asks, “Have you been able to process that he is gone?” Ortega, smiling, responds, “Little bits, he’s still so much alive for me. Thank God.” That’s weird. Michael Jackson has been dead for about 4 months. I would think that it would have hit Kenny Ortega by now, and that he would not be smiling.
2:10-2:20 Oprah eyes dart up and to the left while she recalls watching the movie.
2:20 Ortega says, “He is so present in the film that you can forget that he is still not with us.” Check out his face after he says that. Once he registers what he said, he licks his lips, blinks rapidly, and then smiles. The first two are signs of anxiety.
2:30-3:10 Oprah says that she heard that Michael would call him in the middle of the night and shout out ideas. Watch Ortega when she says, “fireflies”. He says “yes”, but shakes his head “no”. He then goes on to explain what “fireflies” means, hardly looking at Oprah, until he gets to the part about looking up the word “bioluminescent”. Once he finishes he shrugs his shoulders. Maybe that is not what “fireflies” truly means. If you noticed, he kind of changed the subject. Oprah asked what it meant, referring to what it meant to Michael and why he wanted them, but Kenny Ortega turns it into how fireflies represent Michael Jackson.
4:05 He says they started rehearsing in late April. Check out his eyes while he is thinking of that, they are up and to the right. He is lying!
4:25 Oprah says “Weren’t you close to going to London.”Ortega responds, “We were about eight days away.” Check out his posture, he starts to get real fidgety.
Oprah interview part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuEKB47gaF8&NR=1.
1:50-2:50 He says Michael Jackson was healthy, no drug abuse. There are no signs that he is lying.
5:30 Oprah asks if there were any concerns. Ortega shakes head “no”, but says “yes”.
Believe.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
How to spot a lie—Kenny Ortega Part 2
The next interview is Kenny Ortega on BBC news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zam7KJwTMjM&feature=related.
This interview is much shorter, but this is what I see:
1:47 He is asked if it is strange watching the This Is It and knowing Michael has passed. He shakes his head “no” and says, “He thought it was going to be.” He keeps on by saying that it was “helpful being in there with Michael”. Take that how you want to, be it spiritually of physically, but he could have worded it better.
3:20 He says there was nothing wrong with Michael’s health that Michael called and said, “Kenny, this is it, we’re going to do it. This is the one.” Ortega continues to say “and you saw how quickly….”, before the interviewer cuts him off. How quickly what?
4:30 “You see him working with everybody, invested in every aspect. You see him choreographing, and directing. You see him as a filmmaker, as a musician, as an entertainer.” Filmmaker? He is rehearsing for concerts not filming a movie.
Believe.
This interview is much shorter, but this is what I see:
1:47 He is asked if it is strange watching the This Is It and knowing Michael has passed. He shakes his head “no” and says, “He thought it was going to be.” He keeps on by saying that it was “helpful being in there with Michael”. Take that how you want to, be it spiritually of physically, but he could have worded it better.
3:20 He says there was nothing wrong with Michael’s health that Michael called and said, “Kenny, this is it, we’re going to do it. This is the one.” Ortega continues to say “and you saw how quickly….”, before the interviewer cuts him off. How quickly what?
4:30 “You see him working with everybody, invested in every aspect. You see him choreographing, and directing. You see him as a filmmaker, as a musician, as an entertainer.” Filmmaker? He is rehearsing for concerts not filming a movie.
Believe.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
How to spot a lie—Kenny Ortega Part 1
The first interview I want to talk about is Kenny Ortega’s interview with CNN from October before the release of This Is It. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUgdBcjrlo.
Breaking it down, this is what I see:
0:30-1:00 Kenny Ortega is asked what his reaction is to Michael’s death. He answers telling how it was good that everyone was together when they got the news. He keeps glancing off to the right especially when talking about the people that were collapsing and wandering the halls. He constantly stutters and the only time that he really looks at the interviewers is when he says, “Thank God we were together” and goes on talking about the rehearsals.
1:00 He is quick to say that Michael was fine. There is no stuttering and he is looking directly at the interviewers.
1:50-2:50 He is asked about Michael not sleeping. When he responds about the ideas that Michael said were coming to him, he keeps glancing up to the left as if he is remembering the event. There is very little stuttering and he is looking at the interviewers.
3:30-4:00 He says Michael was healthy and in the shape he wanted to be in. He stutters very little.
4:15-7:10 He talks about the film and Michael as a person. As when he mentions Michael’s health, there is no stuttering and he looks directly at the interviewers.
7:10-end I think this is the most interesting part. When he says that Michael’s life did not have to end this way he glances quickly to the right and stats stuttering and looking around for something to say. He reacts to this question in almost the same way as he did to the earlier questions at 0:30 about Michael’s death. He says that he believes Michael’s death was unnecessary and he is going to leave it at that for right now. To me, that is the weirdest statement ever.
Kenny Ortega knows something he isn’t telling. Every time the interviewers brought up Michael’s death, he became nervous as stuttered so much it was hard to understand him. When they talk about Michael being in great shape and the film, This Is It, he has no problem answering the questions and at times he seems happy and excited.
Believe.
Breaking it down, this is what I see:
0:30-1:00 Kenny Ortega is asked what his reaction is to Michael’s death. He answers telling how it was good that everyone was together when they got the news. He keeps glancing off to the right especially when talking about the people that were collapsing and wandering the halls. He constantly stutters and the only time that he really looks at the interviewers is when he says, “Thank God we were together” and goes on talking about the rehearsals.
1:00 He is quick to say that Michael was fine. There is no stuttering and he is looking directly at the interviewers.
1:50-2:50 He is asked about Michael not sleeping. When he responds about the ideas that Michael said were coming to him, he keeps glancing up to the left as if he is remembering the event. There is very little stuttering and he is looking at the interviewers.
3:30-4:00 He says Michael was healthy and in the shape he wanted to be in. He stutters very little.
4:15-7:10 He talks about the film and Michael as a person. As when he mentions Michael’s health, there is no stuttering and he looks directly at the interviewers.
7:10-end I think this is the most interesting part. When he says that Michael’s life did not have to end this way he glances quickly to the right and stats stuttering and looking around for something to say. He reacts to this question in almost the same way as he did to the earlier questions at 0:30 about Michael’s death. He says that he believes Michael’s death was unnecessary and he is going to leave it at that for right now. To me, that is the weirdest statement ever.
Kenny Ortega knows something he isn’t telling. Every time the interviewers brought up Michael’s death, he became nervous as stuttered so much it was hard to understand him. When they talk about Michael being in great shape and the film, This Is It, he has no problem answering the questions and at times he seems happy and excited.
Believe.
Lies and Liars
To gauge a lie, people do not necessarily listen to what you say, but how you say it. Though a person may be able to lie through their teeth, body language will normally give him away.
The easiest way to spot a lie is to watch a person’s eyes. While a person talks and answers questions, his eyes will move involuntary. When remembering an event in the past a person’s eyes will dart up and to the left. This is because he is using the left side of his brain (the side that retains memories), and his eyes involuntary move to easily access the memory and correctly answer the question. If, on the other hand, a person’s eyes dart up to the right, then he is lying. This is because he is using the right side of his brain (the creative side), and making up a story.
Besides the eyes, watching a person’s face and his expressions as he says something will often show what he truly means. These signs include:
- Looking away to prepare answers or excessive eye blinking
- Avoiding eye contact, or excessive eye contact. Most people hold eye contact with the person they are talking to, but they don’t stare him down.
- Looking uncomfortable—touching feet, legs, arms, or the face.
- Shrugging shoulders after a statement show he doesn’t truly believe in what he is saying
- Shaking head “no” while saying “yes”, or vice versa
- Hesitating before speaking or repeating a question. Sometimes even answering too quickly shows a person is lying.
Keep this in mind as you watch some of the interviews back. You will be interested by what you find. Coming soon: How to spot a lie—Kenny Ortega
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