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Nobody is more unimpressed with you than David Copperfield. He is barely able to contain his utter contempt for his audience.
A Chinese man who hardly understood English was called on to be part of the act and was asked the last time he had sex. Or, as Copperfield the Phenomenal Douchebag put it, "Dimmed his Sum" or "Moo Goo-ed his Gai Pan" or "Dipped his egg roll." Holy shit. Am I seeing this happen?
Of course, this sort of classlessness still plays to cornfed yokels who think these exhausted "illusions" are amazing and who totally miss DC's sneering, loathsome treatment of them. The man clearly hates doing his own pathetic dog and pony show at this point and despises those he views as stupid enough to pay to watch it.
He spends half his time talking about his dead father and showing you "home movies" about him, saying how sorry he was he never got to say goodbye. It isn't his father. They aren't home movies. It's part of a pointless, long "trick" that involves no illusion at all. "I'm over here! Now watch this movie for several seconds! Now look, I'm over here, where I ran while you were watching that movie!" Holy shit. I'm seeing this happen!
I lived in Vegas for six years. I've seen almost every show in this town. THIS IS THE WORST SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN IN VEGAS.
A bad person does bad "tricks" and makes everyone feel bad about themselves for having been dumb enough to show up. If someone pays you to go, don't.
To echo the oft-repeated great advice here: GO SEE PENN AND TELLER. Great, fresh material, guys who are still genuinely enthusiastic about what they do, guys who are really grateful for your time and attention and entertainment dollar, and prove so by spending hours signing autographs and posing for free pictures with *everyone* who wants one after each show. They are the best.
David Copperfield? David Copperfield is the worst.
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