Cloud and "The Music Box"
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:08AM 
Despite the egomaniacal reputations that usually fuse themselves to one-named-superstars, one of my favorite things about Madonna is how many careers she's helped bolster or even launch over the years. Whole armies of people owe their careers to her and even people who were doing all right for themselves before her involvement won new fans through her friendship or fandom or enthusiasm (Sandra Bernhard, Antonio Banderas, Alanis Morrissette, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc...) The last performer she took a shine to that I latched onto was Daniel Cloud Campos. He had a showcased Madonna debut in the "Hung Up" video and went on to dance in other videos and on tour with her.
Now he's the writer/director/editor/actor/choreographer/dancer (whew) of the short film "The Music Box". It's ten minutes of goofy inventive cheer and a must-watch for people who love dance-heavy musicals and wish the movies would someday get another Gene Kelly (as if), someone whose joy of dance just made the audience feel all limber and gravity defiant inside.
Some people have too many talents. But we can't hate them when they're so generous and cheerful about the sharing.
Reader Comments (7)
And let's not forget about Sofia Boutella, now starring MJ "Hollywood" vid!
Oh My Cloud!
He's amazing. I used to watch the Hung Up video in slow motion just to catch him properly.
Thanks for sharing it. The boy has talent! ;)
Let's all start dreaming with Cloud starring and directing his own musical very very soon
PS He strongly reminded me of Joseph Gordon-Levitt here.
that opening landlord/tenant scene was straight out of gay porn
go Cloud! first saw him in lxg. he's got lots of funny videos on youtube, natural
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