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* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: The ''Nostalgic'' Old Birds kinda live out this trope with regards to ''themselves'', via their mirrors. They have no glass in them, so their "reflections" must be purely imaginary...this is expanded upon in the new cyr wheel act (see [[I Was Quite a Looker]]).
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The Nostalgic Old Birds' [http://www.richasi.com/Cirque/Alegria/index.html outfits] (scroll down page), which verge on parody.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: In the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', set designer Michael Crete said the story of a battle for power was partially inspired by the [
* [[Re Cut]]: The Beau Rivage version dropped the intermission and a few acts to bring the runtime down to 90 minutes, the typical length of a resident Cirque show. (As a tour, the show runs about two hours plus a twenty minute intermission.)
* [[Rewritten Pop Version]] / [[Rearrange the Song]]: Beyond "Novo Alegria", ''Delirum'' featured "Alone", a variation on "Querer". (Its entirely new English lyrics were about miserable loneliness, whereas the original's were about how joyous love can be.)
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* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: The handbalancing, flying man, and aerial high bar performers. Older acts that featured these were strong man and aerial cube (the latter now serves this function in ''Mystere''). The fire spinners and cyr wheel performer also have most of their chests exposed. (Whew.)
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: The White Singer; actually, a lot of the good characters (i.e. the Nymphs) appear to have white hair.
* [[Woman in White]] ''and'' [[
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