try to imitate Michael Jackson this is both impossible and commendable. In both directions. When I arrived at the Ifema convention center last night, I found a queue around the huge pavilion. It included children, their mothers and fathers, groups of older friends, and very few people under 35. Ordinary. This is an attempt to revive the emotions of attending a concert, which, if not belonging to the artist, is associated with him.

When I entered, I had no choice but to hear someone shout at the ticket office: “If I don’t have time to read the letter, and I’m at the Vizinka Center right now, what?” Changing places is always a problem. And he wasn’t the only one. bald sign, a local promoter, admitted to me that it was very close. Nothing worked for a few hours before. There was a catastrophe with smoke, screens, sound … Once again, and even in the production, it was impossible and worth it. Because it went forward, and no one can say that the public, in general, did not like it.

The show is very commercial, just as effective as it is in North America. It starts with the typical epic music that is so trendy today and with projected footage of the band ready to take the stage. The audience was furious, although they clapped for a while, asking to start because of the delay.

And then it appears Lenny Jay, the Brazilian who, since the age of six, has dedicated his life to being the best imitator of the king of pop. Losing 12 kilos for this and spending your whole life watching and imitating an artist’s video is worthy of respect on stage. He has clearly adapted his body and his face to this initiation, except for one thing for which there is no cure: I feel that he is somewhat taller than Michael. Of course, it must be like it was the deceased’s own family who chose him to give their express consent.

Lenny Jay’s gestures are exactly the same as we can see in the pop music videos of the 80s and 90s.

The surprise came with the voice. It’s the same doorbell as Jackson’s. In preparation, as his vocal cords began to develop, he managed to close his eyes to be able to move on to Vicente Calderón at 90. In good English, he knew how to win over the public by expressing the reality of what the public unites him with: his deep admiration for Michael.

At heart, it’s still a fan show, trained to limits we can’t imagine, surrounded by good musicians, dancers, and stage design experts. The video plays an important role, filling in the logical gap, not being the dramatizations that always surprise. The poor sound of the hall did not allow to fully enjoy the quite professional accompaniment and some nuances of the voice, which sometimes got lost in the middle of a live instrumental base with individual elements that seemed to be pre-recorded.

Lenny’s gestures are exactly the same as we can see in the clips that marked the pop music of the 80s and 90s, although it is impossible to convey the same energy, the same rage against his own ghosts, which was projected by the little boy from the Five.

A nod to what was meant to be this is it, the artist’s last tour, which was canceled due to the apparent force majeure of his death, goes beyond the name of the show. The list of songs tried to be the same. Beginning with I want to start something and ending, of course, Man in the mirror, man in the mirror. What would Michael Jackson see in him?

In short, it was a night dedicated to the legacy of an individual who, like the greatest, continues to win battles after death.