În urmă cu 16 ani şi jumătate, Michael Jackson - considerat de presă un entertainer "sălbatic" şi un interlocutor "neîmblânzit" pentru că refuzase, vreme de 14 ani, orice interviu televizat, protejându-şi cu nestrămutată hotărâre viaţa privată, a acceptat să acorde un interviu de 90 de minute cunoscutei (deja pe-atunci) Oprah Winfrey. Avem acum transcrierea, mă mai gândesc dacă s-o traduc. Să fim noi sănătoşi mai întâi, apoi vedem. Lectură plăcută:The Interview
Oprah: You're invited to Michael Jackson's house-four minutes from now.
Cut to clips of Michael as people make remarks:
Boy: He's like famous. He dances good. And when he was a little boy he was singing so cool.
Young woman: I grew up with his music and I think he is extremely talented.
Man: This kid does a little bit of everything. He's just so different, so unique in his style.
Boy: His thing is his music. O.K. He's just himself, you know?
Young man: People would die for him. You see all those pictures of people crying and trampling over each other just to get a glimpse of him.
Young man: I think he is the ultimate live performer.
Lady: I don't know how he can dance like that.
Child: He's a great singer. I just love him.
Man: He's a genius.
Boy: He's the King of Pop.
Man: The man is just tremendous. And I am in my seventies and I love him, so you can imagine what my teenagers do.
Man: He's always been the greatest in my book.
Woman: I think he's a gift, you know, to people who love music.
Young man: I just wish that he would just kinda take down his walls and show the world who he really is.
Young woman: I grew up with his music and I think he is extremely talented.
Man: This kid does a little bit of everything. He's just so different, so unique in his style.
Boy: His thing is his music. O.K. He's just himself, you know?
Young man: People would die for him. You see all those pictures of people crying and trampling over each other just to get a glimpse of him.
Young man: I think he is the ultimate live performer.
Lady: I don't know how he can dance like that.
Child: He's a great singer. I just love him.
Man: He's a genius.
Boy: He's the King of Pop.
Man: The man is just tremendous. And I am in my seventies and I love him, so you can imagine what my teenagers do.
Man: He's always been the greatest in my book.
Woman: I think he's a gift, you know, to people who love music.
Young man: I just wish that he would just kinda take down his walls and show the world who he really is.
Oprah: Good evening. I am Oprah Winfrey, live to you in North America and countries around the globe - bringing you a world exclusive interview with the most elusive superstar in the history of music, Michael Jackson. I'm here in front of his California home, it's a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, where just inside is the man who has broken every possible musical record, denied inter-views, and defied definition for years. For nearly a quarter of a century, he has been an innovator of music, of dance, of videos, even fashion, and nothing he does is anything short of spectacular. Tonight, Michael Jackson will continue to surprise us with a rare personal tour of his astounding home, which includes a private movie theater and a full scale amusement park. You're also going to see a special performance by him and the world premiere of his latest music video. In the next live, and I do mean unedited ninety minutes, Michael Jackson will reveal himself, I hope, as he has never done before. Tonight, his silence is broken. Tonight: Michael Jackson.Cut to clips for intermission.
Announcer : Live from Santa Inez, California-Michael Jackson talks to Oprah.
Oprah: [from Michael's living room] Michael Jackson's home is nothing like anyone would expect. I thought there were going to be a few llamas wandering around the living room and maybe some-uh-chimps jumping around. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't dead wrong. There are plenty of mind-boggling areas on this 2700 acre ranch which you'll see in this next ninety minutes. But, where Michael Jackson eats, and where he sleeps, and where he lives is quite simply a beautiful home. There is a library here filled with leather bound classics and art work on the walls, not at all what we thought we'd find. Before we meet the man who does live here, it is important to know where he came from, for his history is nothing short of incredible.
[Cut to clips of photos of Michael and family as he grew up.]
Oprah: Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters born in Gary, Indiana to steel mill worker Joseph and mother Katherine. Some say the Jackson's turned to music the day their television set broke down, but from the day they started performing, they were destined for stardom. Beginning at a place called Motown------
[Cut to clips of Michael and his brothers performing.]
Oprah: This video tape of the Jackson's Motown audition shows James Brown's influence on young Michael and the boys' performance brought almost the entire company in to watch. Motown head, Berry Gordy knew right away. It was the start of a career that broke almost every record in the book, beginning with a string of four number one consecutive hits.
[Cut to clips of the Jackson 5 appearances on Ed Sullivan and other shows.]
Oprah: For the Jackson family, their lives changed almost overnight. They went from obscurity to super stardom, filled with concert tours, limousines, and television appearances. But, it was little Michael that was getting the most attention. As the number one hits continue to accumulate, Michael became a star in his own right, releasing song after song, each one turning to gold. As the years roll by, the Jackson's success continues while their music changed with the changing times. But, as the boys grew older, who could have guessed what lay in store for Michael Jackson.
[Cut to clip of Michael being interviewed as a child--]
Interviewer: So what's going to happen when your voice changes?
little Michael: It just changes!
Interviewer: Are you going to be able to stay singing?
little Michael: Yeah. (smiles broadly)
The Interview:
Oprah: Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson.Michael Jackson enters the living room of his home. They shake hands and Michael kisses Oprah on the cheek.
Oprah: How nervous are you?
Michael: How what?
Oprah: How nervous are you right now?
Michael: I'm not nervous at all, actually.
Oprah: You really aren't?
Michael: No, I never get nervous.
Oprah: Not even for your first interview and it's live around the world? I thought you'd be a little nervous but you're not and that's great because if you're not nervous I won't be nervous. I just wanted to let the world know that when we agreed to do this interview you said you would be willing to talk to me about everything.
Michael: That's true.
Oprah: Very true. I was watching you in the background there watching you in the video of the early years. Did that bring back memories for you?
Michael: It made me giggle because I haven't seen that footage in a long time. Did it bring back memories? Yes, me and my brothers who I love dearly and it's just a wonderful moment for me.
Oprah: I saw you laugh when you saw yourself singing Baby, Baby, Baby.
Michael: Yeah, I think James Brown is a genius you know when he's with the Famous Flames, unbelievable. I used to watch him on television and I used to get angry at the camera-man because whenever he would really start to dance they would be on a close-up so I couldn't see his feet. I'd shout "show him show him.", so I could watch and learn.
Oprah: So he was a big mentor for you?
Michael: Phenomenal, phenomenal.
Oprah: Who else was?
Michael: Jackie Wilson who I adore as an entertainer, and of course music, Motown. The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.
Oprah: When I look at those tapes of you, and heaven knows, putting this together I think I've seen every piece of video ever done of you, and watching those tapes when, especially in the younger years, you seem to really come alive on stage. Were you as happy off stage as you appear to be on stage?Michael: Well, on stage for me was home. I was most comfortable on stage but once I got off stage, I was like, very sad.
Oprah: Really?
Michael: Yes.
Oprah: And sad from the beginning, sad since it first started, sad?
Michael: Lonely, sad, having to face popularity and all that. There were times when I had great times with my brother, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.
Oprah: Beginning at what age?
Michael: Oh, very little, eight, nine.
Oprah: When you all first became famous?
Michael: Yes.
Oprah: So it wasn't what it appeared to be to the rest of the world, all of us .. I remember I was a little black child, wanted to marry Jackie Jackson, your brother, so I mean to all of us we thought this was the most wonderful thing in the world, who wouldn't have wanted that life?
Michael: It was wonderful, there is a lot of wonderment in being famous. I mean you travel the world, you meet people, you go places, it's great. But then there's the other side, which I'm not complaining about. There is lots of rehearsal and you have to put in a lot of your time, give of yourself a lot.
