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| - I have seen Siegfried & Roy, Penn & Teller, Ka, O, Mystere, Carrot Top, Lance Burton, Amazing Jonathan, Ice, Steve Wyrick, Jubilee, Crazy Horse, etc. and, without hyperbole, Absinthe may be better than them all for the following reasons:
1) Intimate setting. Show starts at 9:30pm, we arrive in line at 8:50pm, and we get second row seats a few feet from the very small stage in a very small tent. There are no bad seats in the tent. Even third or fourth row seats at Absinthe are closer to the action than first row seats at any other show.
2) The show is R-rated (some would say X-rated). Almost all the shows in Vegas are G-rated - even Penn & Teller eliminate the R-rated content from their Showtime show and other media (movies and books) in order to fill their theatre at the Rio. So all the other shows have to appeal to the lowest common denominator and the lowest age in order to fill immense theatres, and that eliminates a lot of potential material. Absinthe does not try to appeal to everyone, which allows it to be extra appealing to some.
3) The quality of the performances is top notch. Different performers perform different routines. Even for someone like me who has seen a lot of different performers, I have not seen many of the routines in Absinthe. They combine athleticism, artistry, beauty, comedy, and music in well choreographed routines.
If you are a prude, don't go - you may be offended as a couple of other reviews pointed out. Even if you think you have seen everything, you have not seen Absinthe.
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