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Wildly ambitious and extravagant, the show opened to glowing reviews and caused a sensation in Vegas, setting a high bar for subsequent theatrical spectacles worldwide (including Cirque's own) to clear. Due to an arrangement with its host casino it has not been filmed, but the making-of documentary ''Flow'', available in Region 1 via Cirque's gift shops and online boutique, includes excerpts from it; the [[Widget Series]] ''Solstrom'' also featured some of its acts, characters, and performers. |
Wildly ambitious and extravagant, the show opened to glowing reviews and caused a sensation in Vegas, setting a high bar for subsequent theatrical spectacles worldwide (including Cirque's own) to clear. Due to an arrangement with its host casino it has not been filmed, but the making-of documentary ''Flow'', available in Region 1 via Cirque's gift shops and online boutique, includes excerpts from it; the [[Widget Series]] ''Solstrom'' also featured some of its acts, characters, and performers. |
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* [[Audience Participation]]: Due to the show's unique staging, not much of it here -- well, not much that's real, anyway. {{spoiler|The man taken from the audience for the high dive is a plant; the two men who wind up dancing with the clowns are not.}} |
* [[Audience Participation]]: Due to the show's unique staging, not much of it here -- well, not much that's real, anyway. {{spoiler|The man taken from the audience for the high dive is a plant; the two men who wind up dancing with the clowns are not.}} |
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* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]: The opening water ballet and the "Tzelma" transition are examples of the Esther Williams variant. |
* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]: The opening water ballet and the "Tzelma" transition are examples of the Esther Williams variant. |