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| - My wife and I loved this show. It was funny, sexy, irreverent, and didn't take itself too seriously. Absinthe is partially a parody of Cirque du Soleil shows, including one hilarious skit that takes a direct shot at the famous and over-exposed (especially in Vegas) Cirque. The show is horrendously crude, to the point where the audience isn't sure if they should be cringing or rolling on the floor laughing. In most cases, it's the latter. We sat next to a really fun young couple from Australia who kept saying "you could NEVER get away saying that in our country". They loved it.
The jokes are racist, homophobic, adolescent, and highly sexual. Pretty much all the things we're not supposed to find funny anymore....yet the whole audience was in stitches. The acrobatics are very good, some are almost frightening, including one where a slip could very easily result in serious injuries to the audience. Some are quite sexually charged, with attractive members of both sexes on display throughout.
If you are someone who has never found childish, crude, gutter-humor funny, you probably won't laugh, and I wouldn't pay the high price just for the acrobatics. Stick to Cirque...where you know (exactly) what you're going to get show after show. But if you want something different, crazy, and really funny, give Absinthe a try.
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