07.24.07
Las Vegas - Land of Boredom
Vegas is lame. Admit it. You know it’s true.
You walk a million miles in the heat between warehouses stuffed with people playing slots.
It’s like commuting to work in a Wal-Mart in Hell.
Don’t get me wrong. Sahar and I had a good time. But that’s because we can take a lame situation and enjoy it. Oh, and the shows helped.
Love was a blast. A fun filled dance extravaganza with some of the best Beatles songs, loved by even those people that don’t like the beatles. It will make you believe the Beatles used to rock, if you aren’t yet of that opinion.
Ka was like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon meets the Wiggles on Evil Kenieval’s Harley being pursued by the Mandarin or Yellow Claw from early Iron Man days. I loved it. It has an elobarate futuristic set that jutted out into the audience, but sadly performers only really took advantage of it as the show was getting started. The centerpiece of the show was a giant rotating board that served as a boat, a desert, ice covered mountains, and just about anything else you can imagine. Rods came out of the board, serving as handles for the performers to swing on when it was held at a right angle to the horizon.
The Blue Man group was the snooze of the lot. It moved to the Venetian from Luxor, and trust me, it was better at Luxor. It’s also just a lot better the first time you see it. Second time around it’s not so much blowing your mind as trying your patience.
Louie Anderson was a star. He performed as part of Ticket Summit and he was absolutely wonderful. I feel really bad for the guy, you can tell his career isn’t where it was. But oh man is he talented. The humor is darker and more adult these days, but he has family oriented jokes for the kids as well. (check him out here) He is playing regularly at the Excalibur, 2nd tackiest casino in the world (yet filled with stuff I want to do), and if you are there, I highly recommend you check him out. That is, if you can stand to pull yourself away from the Thunder Down Under!!! 