{"id":189,"date":"2009-09-17T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/9\/17\/Do-not-resuscitate"},"modified":"2021-10-01T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:20:12","slug":"do-not-resuscitate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/do-not-resuscitate\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not resuscitate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us hew to the standard English-language definition of “fixation” (as in “I have a sudden fixation with actresss Crystal Chappell<\/strong>“). However, in Cirque du Soleil<\/strong>-speak, “fixation” means “damage repair.” To wit: Criss F. Angel<\/strong> vehicle Believe<\/em><\/a> has been in need of fixation since before it opened. (Only Crazy Girls<\/em><\/a> and Steve Wyrick<\/strong><\/a> get lower ratings from LVA<\/em> members.)<\/p>\n

It’s nigh upon 11 months since Believe<\/em> was foisted upon an eagerly skeptical Las Vegas<\/strong> and apparently, the “fixation” process still drags on within the catacombs of Luxor<\/strong>. Or not. Whatever the case, Cirque du Stuck on Themselves ain’t tellin’, not even to the Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Two thoughts:<\/strong> If the show’s problems are so intractable they take nearly a year to “fixate,” why not just bag it? Also, if what Cirque is presenting is a work in progress, ought not Believe<\/em> to charge consumers a “price in progress”? Like, oh maybe $15\/person to see Mr. Angel and his Cirque enablers try to figure out what the hell kind of show they want to do?<\/p>\n

While I don’t share Richard Abowitz<\/strong>‘s enthusiasm for Zumanity<\/em><\/a> (for me, it’s a show about sex that’s staged by eunuchs). Ka<\/em><\/a> is awe-inspiring and Mystere<\/em><\/a> is enjoyable if you have a very high tolerance for whimsy. But it is with masterly understatement that Abowitz writes, “Cirque can be pretentious on stage and in the corporate culture.”<\/p>\n

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Guy Lalibert\u00e9’s cosmic dream, our nightmare<\/em><\/p>\n

Scarily, he reveals<\/strong> that head Cirque jerque Guy Lalibert\u00e9<\/strong> is planning to spread coulrophobia to the cosmos<\/a>. Is no place safe from putty-nosed clowns? Can’t they accidentally-on-purpose open the airlock when Pennywise is trying to juggle in zero gravity or whatever Lalibert\u00e9 has in mind? (Given the reports of Lalibert\u00e9’s heterosexual athleticism, I have my suspicions as to what he really<\/em> wants to experiment upon in zero G’s.)<\/p>\n

On the subject of ass-clownery<\/strong>, this takes the cake<\/a>. I guess he believes “If you haven’t been bookmarked, re-Tweeted and blogged\/You might as well not have existed<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Adios<\/em>, Charo?<\/strong> Moving further up the Strip, Abowitz speculates that an ankle sprain may provide the excuse for the Riviera<\/strong> to draw the curtain on Charo in Concert<\/em><\/a>. (I accidentally typed “Charon<\/a>.” A Freudian slip?) Even reliably everything-is-better-than-ever Robin Leach<\/strong> concurs. Who’d have thought that, back when I reviewed Charo<\/strong>‘s show<\/a> for CityLife<\/em>, in tandem with Ali Spuck<\/strong>‘s cabaret act, that two months later, the plucky Ms. Spuck would be the one — pardon the pun — still standing?<\/p>\n

Since the flamenco-guitar portion of Charo’s show was a bit light on content (five songs), the Riv could have turned lemons into lemonade by working in more guitar and less coochi-coochi. But evidently not. But don’t despair, guys. The Riv’s still got Scarlett, Princess of Magic<\/strong> and her red bikini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an unrelated rumor<\/strong>, Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding<\/em><\/a> is alleged to be halfway out the door at Planet Hollywood<\/strong>. That always seemed a mismatch of show and venue; it will surely pop up somewhere else (LVA<\/em> members give it our highest rating), should the rumor turn out to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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