The problem is that Michael never agreed to just ten shows. If you bothered to read the contract instead of listening to the family's mouth pieces his contract had a min of 18 and a max of 38. Which meant if the shows sold well he would be doing at least 38 shows not 10. He actually may had been upset if he could only do 18 because that meant there was little demand for him to perform.
There were 10 shows only in the beginning, and there were London posters and members here attesting to that there were 10. Also, Autumn II from this forum can attest to that Michael himself said he only wanted 10 shows for London, and eventually maybe take the tour elsewhere. AEG hurried to put tickets on sale right after the press conference, the money were dancing in their eyes. He may have agreed to 31 shows, due to 'high demand', how do you conclude that he may have been upset if he couldn't do more shows? Were you there? Were you there also when he signed the contract and in what circumstances he signed them? Also, what impression did the March 5 press conference left to you? But I digress way too much...
Also, where the heck did the quotes "No more shows, Randy, no more shows..." plea come from, along with, "They were mean.. just so mean"? Randy P never said that and neither did Michael. Unless you are quoting TINI crap..
I shouldn't even bother reply to such rude questions, as if I were a threat or something, to AEG, or God knows, by such reactions, but I will. Not quoting any TINI 'crap', as I once browsed it and can't recall any concrete thing from that campaign. Randy Philips very much said that when they added concerts amounting to 50. In an interview, where he said about Jackson being 'emotional' on the phone because of the huge demand, after which he made that plea. If someone can help me with that quotation, as I can't find the interview at the mo, I'd be grateful. But he very much said that. The "They were so mean" quote comes from an assistant that met MJ in Klein's office two weeks before he passed, if that was the exact location, but for the life of me, I can't find that either anywhere. Just the luck.
Even if that was true, Michael signed a contract and like any grown man he was obligated to follow it. If he didn't, he should had suck it up himself and too the lawsuit. And even though Stacy/Kaymon gets on my nerves, she brings a point that I have been saying for over a year. If it was too many date, he should had scale back. He didn't need the 3D scene, invented dancing, ect. AEG wouldn't care as long as he put on a show. He was the one who called Kenny at 4am adding to the shows and new ideas. So Michael is partly to blame for his own pressure if you're going by that.
With lack of empathy like that, .. yeah, no worth even saying anything more. How do you know Jackson didn't try to scale back? He didn't even finish his rehearsals, didn't have all the sets and costumes fittings ready, he didn't get the time to, because AEG set the date for the shows without a care that a perfectionist Jackson, who was to satisfy lots of different tastes, couldn't possibly finish all he had in mind in that short a time. Nobody could. Before coming to say such rushed things like "Oh, he should've just sit still with only a microphone in his hand", you weren't on his mind that thought about all of his fans, again, people with different tastes, that were going to be dissatisfied with "Just" that and would have demanded more effort on his behalf: for his first concerts in 12 years. Some were saying things like "Stick a fork at him", when the much anticipated new album wasn't ready for them or when "Hold My Hand" was leaked, which many didn't really like. All the hungry masses. Can you blame a generous person like him - a human being, at the end of the day, for wanting things to look at least close to perfect? Seriously, you should step back in time and imagine how a more 'selfish' Jackson would have appeared to a world already dissecting his every move and a media Waiting for him to fail when they all wanted him to deliver, all wanted something from him. To a media who was often devilishly estimating the number of months Jackson had to live on this earth. Then come back and review your posts. If you just care about rough facts, stick to them, but show more respect to a man who is dead at the hands of another, to a man who was like a machine to many, an institution to most, a delivering service-machine who had every inch of his body and life dissected and most wanted something from.
~ People also shouldn't be privvy in a public discussion about one's personal feelings about particular members, that they get on your nerves or whatever..
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I am not saying he should or shouldn't downsize since it was his art and his choice .
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You just did.. Again, try to tell a man attacked from all sides, and even called lazy by many at that time, for not releasing his new album faster, that he should have done as he pleased, meaning only studio albums, movies.. Even on his own forums, some'd call him incapable of coming up with something new, of appearing to the Grammies, for example, of finishing the 50 shows, foreboding evil, yet many of the same were pressuring for more 'This Is It' tickets to go on sale/. He did take his time, to also be a father, and many were saying they got sick and tired of waiting and of hearing of sightings of him only, and saying things like "I hope the new song/album won't be Heal The World-type of song/album", "I hope it will be a club-banger", "I want more club-bangers" to whom just a Jackson with a mick in the hand and a spotlight on would have been a Huge let-down.
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Of course. Then add this to the mentioned pressures, and process that even a strong, grown man like Jackson wasn't superhuman... but many wanted him to be just that, to cater to their wants, Or they would've pulled the plug on him before he got to say the word. One concert... again, just one concert postponed, and Jackson was toast in the eyes of many, a has-been, that word was used so many times, it would hurt a peach even, many threatened to quit being his fan and called him selfish => more and more pressures... How could he just say "Eff it all off"? This was a man who couldn't trust but his mother, he told her, meaning he didn't think he was sincerely, unconditionally loved by others except for her and his children, it's gotta be inhumane to have all tug at you for favors, at the end.
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Wasn't this thread about the effects of Propofol?... The anesthetic, administered by his doctor, that killed Jackson? Yeah, and it should stay about that.
Also, Murray couldn't have given him Propofol daily, with Jackson phoning people in the middle of the night, like Ortega. regardless, Murray's carelessness in possessing an equipment fit for that anesthetic speaks volumes, he just didn't concern himself over his patient's safety, although he saw he was unwell, all he saw was dollars, for dollars he also left all of his other patients. One's gotta be desperate for money to (wanna be) this careless.
