broddybounce:

MJ,

I appreciate your saying that ‘little changes’ are really ‘big changes’ — but as someone who has worked in showbiz for many years, I personally see this as a form of nonchalance or even laziness on the part of the director, THE person in the production with the power to call all the shots, resulting in the loss of a special ‘poignant’ moment that would have meant a lot to so many people — not the least of whom include the Idols themselves who have specifically expressed MJJ as their own Idol.

And I certainly hope this isn’t the Lighting Designer crying foul because he would have to go in and reprogram his cues.

Production teams make last-minute changes all the time. I’m not saying it’s easy, but it can be done — and even with these Idols who, with the exception of Adam and maybe one or two others, have never been choreographed for a show like this before. Let’s not forget: many of them spent 3 months learning choreographed sequences in a very short span of time, and a lot more intricate choreography than would have been needed in this case. As a matter of fact, to ramp down the cheese factor so evident in the group numbers on the show, it would have been just fine in this situation if they all stood together and sang one simple MJJ tune, with some video of Michael behind (editing a video sequence as this, and with this short turnaround, is a piece of cake).

I mean, if the creative folk who put together Super Bowl Halftime shows, which are huge complicated numbers that must be installed and struck in less than a half-hour, can put those together and make last-minute changes, which is always the case, the Idol Tour director and production team can add in one little MJJ song a few days before for the end of the show. Not to mention, that number can be tweaked each successive performance til it’s where they want it — I don’t think any Portland or Tacoma or Vancouver fan is going to mind that it’s not A perfect, the important thing is that it’s included — even if it’s just a simple, short 2-minute thing prior to “Don’t Stop Believin’” or whatever the final number is.

Huge missed opportunity. Just my two cents.