There were a lot of self-congratulations in this longgoodbye and the ending truly was "about nothing, " basically proving that the show has run out of steam.
The audience was eventually battered into submission by the bloated sound and hectic fury of Britain's greatest hits, but three hours felt somewhat on thelong side for a show that didn't quite know how to wave goodbye.
In saying a longgoodbye, Nancy Reagan became a voice on behalf of millions of families experiencing the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer's disease.