{"id":6444,"date":"2011-04-28T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2023-02-27T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:51:03","slug":"big-brother-is-watching-you-at-cosmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/big-brother-is-watching-you-at-cosmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother is watching you … at Cosmo; Trump vs. Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much for that “right amount of wrong.” The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas<\/strong> put itself on the map with a batch of pervy-looking TV spots touting itself as the Ground Zero of decadence in Sin City. So how much wrong is too much? What about being a pre-operative transsexual and using the ladies’ loo? That’ll allegedly get you barred for life<\/a> from the Cosmo. If they knew a man in drag was relieving himself in the ladies lounge that would leave a strong implication that they’ve got spycams that can see what you’re doing in the stall. Not a comforting thought.<\/p>\n

To its credit, the Cosmo was quick to issue an apology. It even put out a sort-of return invitation<\/a>, which may or may not undo the PR damage. Jeff Simpson<\/strong> notes that the hotel gives itself an ocean of\u00a0verbal wiggle room. One convention booking is apparently hanging in the balance and the story went viral<\/a> so fast The Atlantic<\/em> posted a photo of CityCenter<\/strong> by mistake, something I am 101% certain isn’t going over well at image-conscious MGM Resorts International<\/strong>. (Too bad the guest wasn’t a transsexual prostitute<\/em>; [s]he’d have her run of every casino on the Strip.)<\/p>\n

The Las Vegas Weekly<\/em>‘s Kristen Petersen<\/strong> neatly pegs the contretemps<\/a> as another case of\u00a0 Las Vegas proving itself “a place that markets itself as a wild, anything-goes destination, but only if you stay within the corporate-sanctioned norm<\/em>.” One reader pointedly asks how people would act if a “trans” relieved him\/herself in the men’s room instead. Nah, nobody would have minded that, would they?<\/p>\n

\"\"Suicide mission<\/strong>. Do you ever wonder if Trump Entertainment Resorts<\/strong>‘ lead owner, Marc Lasry<\/strong>, just wishes his casinos’ namesake would just shut the hell up, especially after a March shellacking in Atlantic City<\/strong>? (The latter was mainly the fault of Lasry’s hand-picked CEO, Robert Griffin<\/strong>, but still …) Having accomplished his mission of ticking off “the blacks,” Donald J. Trump<\/strong> is now aiming his flatulent rhetoric<\/a> at gays. Yup, Don, just keep being divisive at a time when the casinos that you and your daughter are paid to promote<\/em> need every last customer they can get. Trump Entertainment may not have the best leadership but its signature mouthpiece seems to enjoy making life harder for the people in charge.<\/p>\n

Das Donald may<\/strong> be a genius politician for all I know but, as a businessman, he looks more and more like a blithering idiot. Let’s not forget that this is the guy whose one lasting accomplishment in Atlantic City was to impede Steve Wynn<\/strong>‘s entry into the market, a delay that helped enormously to set the area’s eventual downfall in motion.<\/p>\n

\"\"In a highly unusual move<\/strong>, the managing editor of Fox 5<\/strong> TV, Jason R. Latham<\/strong>, hints at a news blackout of Trump’s state visit to the Strip. “There is some belief that Las Vegas news organizations shouldn\u2019t cover Trump\u2019s appearance at the Treasure Island<\/strong> resort, because to do so would only inflate his Unicron<\/strong>-sized ego and add legitimacy to a man who\u2019s become a caricature of himself … Trump is a rich man clinging to the bottom of the showbiz ladder, a sideshow whose bankroll is the only reason he hasn\u2019t drifted into obscurity with Rick Rockwell<\/strong> and Darva Conger<\/strong><\/em>.”<\/p>\n

You gotta love the inside-baseball reference to the years-ago Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?<\/em> debacle, which cost a couple of Las Vegas Hilton<\/strong> executives their jobs (but landed Ms. Conger a Playboy<\/em> spread). But don’t go spoiling our fun, Jason. The only casino “mogul” who’s always good for a laugh is the bumbling Trumpster … who’s been a caricature of himself for at least <\/em>a decade, probably longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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