* "You've got to hand it to him - when Michael Jackson puts on a show, he doesn't scrimp on the spectacle. Last night, in the first of four sold-out shows at the Capital Centre, the 30-year-old superstar drew on almost every trick in the book, filling his two-hour show with everything from lights and lasers to an honest-to-goodness disappearing act, in hopes of dazzling and delighting his fans. ...
Sure, it was entertaining - stunning, even, in its way - but it lacked any sense of the daring or adventure that once made Michael Jackson seem so magical. Watching him slide through the moonwalk routine in "Billie Jean," it was easy to be impressed by his ability but almost impossible to feel the same sense of amazement he once engendered. On the whole, he might just as well have been sleepwalking. - J.D. Considine's Sun review of Michael Jackson's concert on Oct. 14, 1988, at the Capital Centre in Landover
