Michael Jackson Show May Not Prove Immortal Suggests LA Times

[all4loveandbelieve]

The life expectancy of the Cirque du Soleil’s  Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour may be shorter than its producers think suggests an LA Times review of the show following its Saturday night (Dec. 3)  opening at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

Pop Music critic Randall Roberts basically says that the wealth of material left by Jackson hasn’t been used to optimum effect. “Which is why this thing is such a drag,” he writes.

Ouch. And it doesn’t get better.  Roberts describes the show as  ”a two-dimensional mixtape that, were it relocated to a hockey arena, could be easily adapted as “Michael Jackson on Ice.” Filled with Vegas cheese, oddly chosen MJ spoken word interludes, ill-advised song-and-dance combos — the silliest of which involves a little human dressed as Bubbles pretending to be a DJ while men swing on rings below — the production never feels like it ever gets going, and any narrative is quickly sacrificed in service of another requisite series of swinging maneuvers.”

Oh well, you can’t please everyone. What about the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the newspaper of note in Sin City, and it’s resolutely fair-minded reviewer Mike Weatherford? His review (click here to read it) ranges from ambivalent to mildly disappointed. He does praise the “Smooth Criminal” number: ”That one’s a straight-on, slam-bang adaptation of Jackson’s MTV glory years — with zoot-suited dancers doing a simultaneous, gravity-defying lean before welding sparks shoot out of their waistcoats — which you’d hoped “The Immortal” would have more of.  Instead, you get a lot of moments that surely come off smaller than intended for the arena spectacle, which parks at Mandalay Bay through Dec. 27.”

Not so bad. Much better than the LA Times. Hardly laudatory. But at least Weatherford has his facts straight. Roberts writes that this same MJ show will be taking up residence at the Mandalay Bay in 2013. Not so. A new, permanent MJ show will be created for that purpose, while this one keeps touring the world.

Both of these reviewers are, of course, gettting plenty of nasty comments from Jackson fans, who continue to buy reams of tickets to MJ The Immortal World Tour

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[scorpionchik]

screw you. everybody is critic, no one actually does something. Whatever related to Michael is great. whether on ice or scene, or on the air. Can't wait for January to watch it in Staples.

[Aidan_81]

Critics are the most useless and annoying types, aren't they? Why do
people pay attention to what critics think?  :mrgreen:
Especially applies to music critics! Never in my life..

[simplyme]

I don't think there's any need to be harsh on the critics.  They are not saying something negative about Michael, they are saying the show isn't as spectacular as Michael himself. 

This is why I don't like women.  I don't even take female clients unless I know where they are from and have conversation with them.  Bunch of b*******

[Aidan_81]

What paid critics did to Michael in particular is enough to forget about their existence
 altogether and rely on your own ears, eyes and trusted friends advice. Only. Something
is not bad if some freelancer/employee of a medialoid tells you it's bad. If we ever
relied on reviews from certain critics we would never buy an album from Michael after 1993
among others  :roll:

To give money to $ony or not to give is up to us to decide  : critics are irrelevant.

[all4loveandbelieve]

I don't think there's any need to be harsh on the critics.  They are not saying something negative about Michael, they are saying the show isn't as spectacular as Michael himself. 

This is why I don't like women.  I don't even take female clients unless I know where they are from and have conversation with them.  Bunch of b*******

I agree with you, all my friends are mostly males.. I get along more with males than females. Most of the women are jealous and that pisses me off.. Be your own person and be proud of what you are.. This is what I tell them.. blessings.

[Love4Michael]

This is why I don't like women.  I don't even take female clients unless I know where they are from and have conversation with them.  Bunch of b*******

This statement made me  :shock: .  Especially after you reprimanded others for being harsh...pot meet kettle.

I think the wording of the Critic referenced was a bit uncalled for but what can one expect from someone who makes a living by looking for the bad things in everything.  The name itself...Critic...suggests nothing but negativity or at least the probability of being slanted toward the negative.  I've never made a decision in my life based on advise from a Critic and don't plan on starting now.  I decide what's good in my life and I'm sure the fanbase will continue to do the same.  The successful continuation of the show is in our hands to a large degree.

[Sarahli]

This is why I don't like women.  I don't even take female clients unless I know where they are from and have conversation with them.  Bunch of b*******

This statement made me  :shock: .  Especially after you reprimanded others for being harsh...pot meet kettle.

Yes me too.  :shock: