I often see Twitter users commenting that Michael Jackson “stole” (or the equivalent of stealing) moves from Bob Fosse.
This goes to show those people don't know much about choreography. They also lack the ability to grasp the difference between theft, inspiration & innovation. 1 Michael Jackson was a dancer and choreographer who had the vision to distil and to coherently integrate dance moves from jazz dance, tap dance, street dance, even mime and he created his own, unique style, which still inspire dancers all over the world. 2

Great article by Joe Vogel, about the turning point in Pop music at the beginning of the '90s and #MichaelJackson's Dangerous album.
popmatters.com/michael-jackso… "[...] 20 years later, Dangerous is gaining admirers as more people move beyond the extraneous nonsense that was so prominent in contemporaneous reviews and pay attention to its content: its prescient themes, its vast inventory of sounds, its panoramic survey of musical styles."

Firstly, only tangential to this tweet, I’m tired of people downplaying MJ’s accomplishments, by calling him an entertainer. But I guess part of the reason why he's being considered an entertainer is that he was always too modest and called himself that.

https://twitter.com/ItsZaeOk/status/1289617548410003460

In dance, MJ had the vision to distill different forms of movement, from jazz dance, tap dance, mime, street dance and innovated what he discovered in those dance styles, to create his own, unique, recognizable choreography style, which still influences dance communities