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MTV VMAs 2016: 20 Best and Worst Moments

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MTV VMAs 2016: 20 Best and Worst Moments

Beyonce's stunning 'Lemonade' spectacle, Kanye's rambling speech, all four of Rihanna's medleys and more highs and lows from MTV's Video Music Awards

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Worst: The Directionless Direction
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By Christopher R. Weingarten, Hank Shteamer, Suzy Exposito, Keith Harris, Maura Johnston
August 29, 2016

Worst: The Directionless Direction

The strangely intimate close-ups of Diddy at the start of the show indicated a bad production choice that would recur throughout the evening. Maybe the idea was to fill the phone, tablet and computer screens that many viewers were using to stream the telecast? The cameras would then swoop out from a distance, possibly to emphasize the size of the event but having the effect of showing you the view from an especially lousy seat at Madison Square Garden. 

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