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I heard that they were planning for the performances stuff like flaming beds, 20-foot tall puppets, and giant spiders.
Ed Alonzo (founder of "Misfits for Magic") said he designed a number of effects for the performances, including a glowing glass sphere that would float around Jackson and then into the crowd during the opening song, 1982's "Wanna Be Startin Somethin." A version of "Dirty Diana" was to feature a flaming bed with a pole-dancing aerialist (playing the part of the fire). After the fire woman pursued Jackson around the bed, she would tie him to the bed posts with gold rope, and a sheet of red fabric would spring up in front of him as he struggled in silhouette. When the sheet fell, it would be revealed that it was the woman struggling, not Jackson, and he would then materialize on a stage in the middle of the arena.
Sounds like it would have been one hell of a show.
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