Absolutely Charmed By Mariah Carey

Joe Lee of The New Straits Times Press reviewed Mariah Carey’s concert in Jakarta on Sunday (February 15). Lee writes, “Forget everything you’ve ever heard about her in the past couple of years. Forget the fact that she suffered a breakdown in 2001. Forget the fact that her semi-autobiographical movie, ‘Glitter’, was universally panned, and forget the fact that she holds the unenviable distinction of being paid off to leave her previous recording outfit after just the first album of a five-record deal. While her reputation may have taken a scorching of late, onstage, Mariah was a real gem.”