With "Ray of Light" Madonna succeed to come away from the image as "stupid hoe" that has only sex in her mind.
But i have to say one thing, that not many would not agree, Madonna had developed artistically, where Michael, beside his troubles after 2000, was stuck in the past. I mean watch her tours especially the "Drowned", "Re-invention" AND "Confessions" and you'll undestand what i mean. In all these tours she presented something new and different to her last tour. All her classics had new versions and new themes.
where Michael, although said he would like to make something different with his "oldies", he was afraid that people won't like it, cause they expect at an special point to do the special move and so on. And that was his problem, he should have done it. And as i say he was stuck, TII proved. He was doing the same old routines, hes been doing all these years. Ok, it was nice to see him back there, where he stoped.
In place of Thriller, Beat it, Sc, WBSS, HN, DD and 4 songs that have the same theme as MITM, he should have performed
Is it scary or Ghosts, Butteflys, 2000watts, YRMW, Unbreakable, WH, GITM, WII, 2bad and ect. that would have been awesome and fresh. ok he had olny 4 months to get back in shape and put a show together. Michael always had his own head, but still, he was surrounded by "yes sayers", that didn't came or afraid to gave him some new ideas.
these commets by that producer aren't that wrong, just viewed from the wrong point of view.