#production-challenges

#production-challenges

Forget insight into its subject's strange, warped personal life, or his artistry as an entertainer, or his family's famously fraught dynamics-Michael barely manages the momentum needed to propel itself between the many musical numbers that are its main reason for existing. Watching it feels more like being frog-marched through a wax museum than watching a movie, each milestone restaged with an off-putting, uncanny-valley resemblance and no interiority.

A distributor expressed regret, stating, 'I wish you would have called us a year ago...' indicating that early consultation could have led to a more marketable film. Producers often create films that, while well-crafted, do not align with distribution needs, resulting in missed opportunities.

Christine Hamilton expressed that the viewers were really craving some sense of normalcy, appreciating the warm response to her and Vic's mature conversations and undeniable chemistry. She stated, 'We're just two people that you'd find on the street, and we happened to fall in love, and this process worked for us.'

Choung says the weekly-release format that helped Dispatch explode past 1 million sales in 10 days and put it on track to hit its three-year sales target in just three months was difficult at every turn and an actual "insane thing to do." Speaking to technology newsletter Knowledge, Choung recalled being warned repeatedly that releasing the game week by week instead of all at once was a terrible idea. But the team believed the format was essential for the story.