I consider myself to be a pretty cool chick. I went to Cirque De Soleil in Vegas last week and spent the evening in pure confusion- what in the HELL were they doing?
The body contortion stuff was cool, I always dig it when a hot guy in a white body suit can hold another guy in the air with his elbow while balancing on a grapefruit, I mean, who doesn't?
(But I do have to ask - How, exactly, did they find out they had that special talent in the first place??)
What was going on the rest of the time- I could see the show five more times and I still wouldn't have an answer. As I watched occasionally a Dr Seuss looking figure (in another mens leotard) with a tassel stuck on top of his head would be posing in the aisle of the theatre, as still as possible: "Mom after all these years of acting classes I finally landed my first role, I am the guy who stands in the aisle really still during Cirque De Soleil."
Another time an adult man in a diaper with a huge bottle (there were two of them) would walk on the stage and make some adult baby noise and then run off. Was all of this just filler between the talent? I will never know- not because I wont ever pay again (why pay when the best acts in Vegas are on the street begging for money) but because there were no words like that tom Hanks movie where he fell in love with his basketball.
But there is hope. I do know a couple of kids who might have a real future in "Cirque." If your kid runs up to you and says "Look what I can do with this gigantic cube!!" Don't force them to do their homework - send them to an audition.
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