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"In fact, as the production got under way, it quickly became clear that Jackson’s creative ambitions for the concerts were beyond anything he’d ever attempted. With the budget already past $24 million, Jackson told his team he wanted to recreate one of the world’s largest waterfalls — Victoria Falls in southern Africa — on the stage. “I was ready to jump off the balcony of my office,” says Randy Phillips, president of the concert promotion firm AEG Live. “We went and met with Michael, and [director] Kenny [Ortega] said, ‘Michael, you’ve got to stop. We’ve got an incredible show, we don’t need any more vignettes.’ Michael said, ‘But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can’t sleep because I’m so supercharged.’ Kenny said, ‘But Michael, we have to finish. Can’t God take a vacation?’ Without missing a beat, Michael said, ‘You don’t understand — if I’m not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.’ "

Hilarious. Further proof of the greatest respectfully competitive rivalry that the entertainment world has ever seen and will never see again. Looking forward to peeping MJ’s This Is It on the 28th.

An exclusive first look at the new Michael Jackson movie | EW.com

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MJ rehearsing for the This Is It tour, at the Staples Center on the Tuesday evening before his untimely passing. The King looks great here and is clearly a million times the dancer at 50 than I ever will be at any age. In particular, I love the She Drives Me Wild medley (with the horn-honking gesture and all). I also understand that dancers don’t go full-on out during the practices, so just imagine how incredible MJ would have looked and moved when the spotlight would’ve been on him for real in London a couple of weeks from now. I have no doubt that the Michael of old would have returned to kick some serious ass on stage. But imagine is all we can do now. This video shows a glimpse of the comeback that could have been. And it breaks a billion hearts in the process.

*hold for applause*

*fade out*

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