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| - Went to see Panda! with my family on our trip to Las Vegas for a 80th birthday party for my dad. It's a Chinese acrobat type show, mixed with kung-fu demonstrations (even Shaolin monks). The acrobats are excellent, with multiple sets, acts, keeps the flow going. There is a story of sorts behind all the acts, but much like the Cirque shows, the story is just an excuse for amazing acrobatics. It involves a panda who is supposed to marry his true love, a peacock princess (yeah, I know, the biology here is a little weird), and loses her to an evil villain. He then has to go through kung-fu training to be able to rescue her, which he does in the end. As my brother pointed out after the show, there's nothing in here that requires our hero to be a panda, could have been any thing, so not sure why it was Panda! as opposed to say, Tiger! or Peacock! (which would have made more sense biologically ;-) ) All carping aside, it was a good show.
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