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sup_fan
Deke Richards, years ago, shared with us the grueling process they went through with Farewell to get stars to sign off on their brief lines in the Let The Sunshine In segment. he said there were tons more stars that sang but some didn't like how they sounded or didn't want this or didn't want that or whatever.
to release the Forum concern, you'd certainly have to deal with releases, unless you greatly edited Reach Out and Touch. And the cost and effort to getting all of the paperwork done could greatly outweigh the benefits or revenue from the sales
one of the highlights of the show was certainly MJ's appearance with Diana. it was a wonderful segment. The cost though in royalties and fees that would be required in order to use this would be extremely high.
If companies honestly thought they could generate appropriate profit from this, they would most likely do it. or at least pursue it. But i can't image that a concert dvd release of Diana Ross from 1981 with a few mins of MJ time would be selling 100,000s. i don't think it is likely that this sales volume would occur today. us die-hard fans think this content is marvelous but 99.999999999% of everyone else really couldn't care less. perhaps if there were some large tie-in event like a tv special or theatrical release on MJ.
i don't know what issue Blue is referring to but i have more than enough faith in his expertise to trust his comments. MJ and Diana were not close during the later decades. I think the story goes that her wedding to Arnae really drove a wedge between them but i think it had started well before. just because they had some musical roots and shared experiences doesn't really mean they had a deep personal friendship. a mentor/mentee relationship often focuses really just on the primary subject matter at hand. and frankly, did DR really mentor MJ that much?!?! it's not like she was giving his Artist Development classes while he was at motown.
i think it was the situation of two people, with significant age differences and life experiences, that appreciated one another and shared some meaningful professional experiences. but as time went on and each continued down their respective professional paths, they naturally grew apart.
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