I WANTED TO SEE MJ ONE LAST TIME......

Why didnt they show him?  I liked the memorial service, but dang why didnt they show Mike one last time?

Beautiful  memorial sevice ......  I was touched by it all. Especially when Paris spoke at the end.
I cried the whole time....... I was so not expecting myself to cry...
As for them not showing the body:
I wonder if Michaels was really in that casket...........
maybe not.........
ETA:JMO

I didnt think he was in there either.  I feel that is why they didnt open it.

I agree beautiful memorial service. But I don't think he was really there since the family had just come from the funeral home.

Sometimes when people die, they do not look like themselves, even if they were not sick.
 
Maybe they preferred that we remember him dancing and entertaining us on stage rather than our last view of him being in the casket.

I keep watching that clip the media plays over an over of his rehearsal 2 days before he died. He looked good and had some cool new subtle dance moves that I really enjoyed. I'd rather remember him that way. 50 years old and still keeping us enthralled!

I agree, and I'm sure the family did not want to constantly see pics of Michael in the casket plastered all over magazines everywhere.

But, I'm sure we will see his deceased body on some magazine in the near future.

I personally want to remember Mike from his "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" days.  

they probably didnt' open the casket because his image WOULD have been plastered all over the net., what with cell phone cams. and all.  Besides, I would have thought the family and friends would like to see him as the remembered him, not as a body. 
just my opionon

Isnt the body dismembered after an autopsy from all the prodding and poking

Honestly that man's physical appearance was maliciously talked about so much in his latter years -  I think the family made a sound choice. Why continue to put him thru that public scrutiny as he lay in the casket ???

He never liked the way he looked anyway....he even  told that to Oprah back in the 90's.
Im sure everybody has a favorite MJ photo or moment from his career that we can all reflect on. 
I just want to say that the memorial was truly fit for a KING 

After hearing so many people speak of  his spirit, I feel honored to have been among the living when he was and to have been able to  experience his magic and music first hand. Not by looking at youtube or old video clips, but remembering the time.....

After listening to the many stories of people that truly knew him, it sounds as if he had many  wonderful loving ways that only his creative and iconic talents could match.

My only wish is that he would have lived long enough to truly enjoy the fruits of his labor.  If he had been at my job he would have qualified for the package long, long time ago. 

I truly hope he rests in PEACE and that his children continue to be loved just as he loved them.

Better we remember the living man.  The corpse is just an empty vessel so he'd never look right.  The media will, of course, exploit that. 

I wanted to see him also Treena.  I am sure it was for the best tho, keep ya head up