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Posted At : February 6, 2009 11:12 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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It'd probably be very much like the dulcet tones of Danny F. Gans (pictured), who reassures prospective attendees to his Encore show not to worry: It'll be the same old same-old. Or, as he rationalizes it, "I'm trying to give [audiences] exactly what they want." (Which seems to be the problem with most Hollywood movies, too, but I digress.)
I'm only slightly younger than Gans and if a graying head like mine thinks that, say, doing a George Burns impression marks you as badly out of touch, what are the 35-45-somethings Gans claims to be targeting going to think? Heck, the recent Cirque du Soleil fiasco, Believe, didn't tank because it was too new, too risky but because -- by an overwhelming consensus -- it was too derivative, too Cirque de Yesterday.
"I feel like I'm kind of the Rocky of this town," Gans declares. Given that Sylvester Stallone looks ossified and does the same thing over and over, that analogy may be unwittingly apt. Gans' reputation is that of a performer whose act fossilized somewhere back in the Clinton administration and he seems determined to validate the perception. But Steve Wynn is wagering that there's money to be made off predictable mediocrity and he's likely to be proven right.
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Apparently he finds George Burns to be something special, I spent 5 minutes explaining to my wife who it was.
if what graying hair I have left is any sign of the demographic
Danny Gans appeals to... dispite his reach to attract the
35 to 45 somethings, you're right. It's old farts like me that
remember the classic voices and manerisms of all those
dead celebs.
I've seen Gans two more times than the guy who originally
hired him for the Mirage...Steve Wynn.
GREGRIO 21/STEVE WYNN 20. No...my math isn't that
bad, my 22nd time will be next month when I catch his
new(old) Show at Encore Theatre. Actually, Steve is
up to 21 times now...he went to Gan's preview Show.
I have no point here other than Danny Gans is still the
best impressionist in Las Vegas...he does have a gift for
the voices...'IF' the voices give him something to work with.
The celebs of today are so BLAAAA. Very little character,
nothing unique. Dead guys or currant personalities, I bet
Gans will draw a crowd and those of you that have to
keep explaining who George Burns or Jimmy Stewart,
or Johnny Carson, or Hootie and the bloated fish are...
you just keep right on doing it.
LONG LIVE THE DEAD GUY! they're still some of
the best bits in his show. THEY'RE IMPORTANT.