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| - I really wanted to love this performance, but I didn't. I enjoyed it, had a good time with friends, but did not find the performance to be all that. For me, this did not live up to the hype. I ended up feeling that it cost too much for what it was and so I have spent the last few thoughts trying to decide if that was the main reason I didn't love it, or I just didn't love it. I decided I just didn't love it.
I suppose I would give 3.5 stars here if I could. We went on a Sunday night to a pretty much full house. Certain things about this show were quite interesting and thought provoking. I was intrigued with the computer interactive portions of the show. A lot of it seemed to have a pantomime quality as well. I'm still trying to figure out how they do those blue faces. They look so slimy all of the time!
We bought tickets online in the "poncho section." What's that mean my friend asked. Um, I don't know. I bet it means they're going to do something on stage that we would have to wear a cover-up for since we might get hit with it. Really, she asked? Yup. Turns out that's what it meant. We were in the third row from the stage; slightly off to the side. We dutifully covered up with the provided ponchos but also thankfully never got splashed with anything. Really, the show never went overboard the way Gallagher used to in his routines. It was pretty tame with the paint drumming and all. So, I liked the close-up view and seeing everything. I didn't particularly enjoy feeling like I needed to be swathed in saran wrap the entire time to do it, however.
One portion of the show completely went over my head, both literally and figuratively, It was the "toilet paper" part. Well, turns out it had a more crepe paper like feel to it, but the stuff looked like toilet paper as it began to unroll and roll and roll and roll down from the top balcony through the entire audience and forced up in huge piles all over the front people (that's us) and the foot of the stage. Different. Oh yes. What did it mean? I have no idea! The purpose of this routine? Can't figure that out either. I just kept thinking, "Wow, they waste this much paper in every show???!!!" I couldn't stop that thought from bothering me. Surely they can't roll all of that dirty, crumpled up stuff back up again. What do they do with it now? I hope it gets recycled somehow......As you can see, something else really needed to be entertaining for me here so I wouldn't pre-occupy my mind like this during a performance!
I'm glad I saw these guys. I can now be part of the main stream that knows what they are about. I'd say if you haven't seen them and want to do so, try to get the leftover seats half price ticket deals that a lot of vendors on the strip offer. I do think it would've been worth about half the price we paid to see them. But, that's about all for me.
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