I feel like JP wasn't answering his questions in the 2nd half.
How???
I actually rewatched the whole thing to find one question he didn't answer and he did all of them perfectly.
I simply don't understand what some of you expect of him, it's a public interview, of course he's going to measure his words. His answers about Mike were perfect: "I don't look back, I look forward" which is
I think (I bold the text, because it's my very personal read on the answer) a very polite and classy way of saying "I'm tired of this question, Mike's gone, get over it". I understand that since this is Mangini first album in the writing process to make the comparison between them, I'm hoping the next album this question doesn't come up ever again, but asking AGAIN about A Dramatic Turn Of Events seems tiring, it's been asked
every time on the last tour, there's nothing new you're going to get with that, it hasn't been that long considering what happened. I think the way they are handling it it's the way to go, not taking away Portnoy's credit for the past, but moving on to the future and not looking back, it's a perfect answer, and they should stick to it.