I'm of two minds about Caravan. It's a little too frantic for me. It's not that it's too burlesque and rowdy. It's just that not every note of music needs a movement. The clapping could go--I wouldn't miss it. This mile-a-minute program can deplete his energy and make it hard to land quads, especially if the last jump is a quad lutz preceded by steps.
Will a person trying to compete while a full-time college student, probably getting less sleep than last season, have the energy to get through this gauntlet? Also, when the jumps fail, because no one is perfect, it will take a special skater to convincingly grin like a maniac, like he's still dancing on the table at Romain's bachelor party, all the way through the end of the program.
On the other hand, it's nice to see him having so much fun in the show version. And maybe if the jumps fail, it's this music that will still carry him forward and lift his mood. Maybe if he can keep the spirit of here-goes-nothing no matter what, this same program will entertain the audience even if the jumps don't go well. Maybe this music will even help him remember his advice to his younger self in that lion-king flashback: enjoy skating while you still can.
(... or it could drive him and his rinkmates up the wall after several months.)
High risk high reward. So very Nathan.
I'd still rather watch an incomplete version of the FS than this finished (sans quads) SP. Less is more. the FS may be unfinished, but the destination it's heading for is worth my wait. I enjoy the view along the way.
