The Twelve Days of MJ - Day 5

Alright. Day five. This is Megan's 5th suggestion for me. This is Jackson's "Beat It." I'll skip the countless masturbation jokes and just get right into the video summary. We open with a shot of a restaurant where I'm pretty sure the cooks don't wash their hands. It just seems generally sketchy. A young gangsta rises from his seat, walks down the aisle, smacks his brotha-from-anotha-motha on the back, and the two head out into the big bad world. The opening notes to the song begin as six Ninja Turtle looking gentlemen line up diagonally in front of the camera. They run off (maybe they are 'beating it') making wild monkey noises as two more gentlemen climb out of the sewer. That's legit thug right there. We cut to a bar where several gentlemen begin leaving their activities as the music begins to play. I'm almost too overwhelmed by the awesome music to keep writing, but I'll shove on. Our gangstas walk down the street as we cut to our friend Michael singing in bed. I do that, too! A shot back at our gangstas, who are clearly recruiting the homeless for a mob. Yay! We cut back to Michael, and I realize he was really good looking at this age. He looks very, for lack of a better word, natural. We cut back to the gangstas who jump on the back of the truck. Perhaps they hit gold and are moving to California? Back to Michael, who is using his super cool dance moves in a hallway. I honestly do think MJ was a superb dancer. Back to the gangstas, and I believe I may be correct in that they actually ARE gangstas, because there appears to be two separate groups heading toward each other. Michael bursts into the restaurant from earlier, moves around the decor, and then into the bar. We cut to a garage where the doors lift and the gangstas are revealed. They step into the garage and the camera slowly pans across them. Two gentlemen, who I assume to be the leaders, step out and bump into each other. They look at each other and pull out knives. I called it. FIGHT. They shuffle around for a few seconds and then the start stabbing dancing with each other. WHAT? This is a West Side Story rip off if I've ever seen one, and I've never seen West Side Story. Somehow it's weirdly not gay and totally awesome. I love good choreography. Michael appears and breaks up the "fight" and they join him in some dancing. This continues for the rest of the video, until we zoom out and fade to black. Honestly, the song and dancing were amazing. If you have not seen the video, watch it now. It's amazing. I loved the song to. Someone send it to me. Thanks, Megan!