mjs sunglases

An excerpt from the book MOONWALK-
"I've been accused of being obsessed with my privacy and it's true that I am. People stare at you when you're famous. They're observing you and that's understandable, but it's not always easy. If you were to ask me why I wear sunglasses in public as often as I do, I'd tell you it's because I simply don't like to have to constantly look everyone in the eye. It's a way of concealing just a bit of myself. After I had my wisdom teeth pulled, the dentist gave me a surgical mask to wear home to keep out germs. I loved that mask. It was great – much better than sunglasses – and I had fun wearing it around for a while. There's so little privacy in my life that concealing a little bit of me is a way to give myself a break from all that. It may be considered strange, I know, but I like my privacy."

so now can anyone tell me why mj was wearing sunglasess in rehersels

I don't know...maybe he thought he looked good?

I find the mask comment even more interesting...I didn't remember that part. I guess we know where he got the idea to wear one now. I'm trying to figure out why there was so much speculation as to why he wore masks when it's right there in his book?

Sweet1 the light sensitivity to those spot lights on stage would be my first thought too. The older you get the more light sensitive one gets.

my first thought was along the lines of sweet's,i thought possibly due to the bright lighting on stage etc. NOW,i am wondering why wear them some times and not at others,when basically isnt the lighting going to pretty much stay the same,ONLY i know,sometimes would be brighter than others,so i am STILL on the fence on this one. what are your ideas on this subject?

I dunno..Sometimes when Mj wear Sunglasses you can still clearly see his eyes. And i've seen him wear shades at night and indoors...Mj's just cool like that

IMHO it would help to keep the dancers from realizing that there was a double if they wore the sunglasses. However, the stage lighting theory makes much more sense. I don't know, just speculation on my part.

That was my theory too about the doubles didn't want to reveal their eyes. I've noticed photos of MJ that were taken without the sunglasses. This is is the real MJ. Here's a link that someone posted in this forum
http://ow.ly/vJEb