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[[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s sixth show was a Japanese exclusive that ran in arenas in 1992, marking the company's first visit to that country. |
[[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s sixth show was a Japanese exclusive that ran in arenas in 1992, marking the company's first visit to that country. |
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The story and most of the characters are from ''[[Le Cirque Reinvente]]'': Ordinary People are turned into whimsical circus folk by the King of Fools and Queen of the Night. The lineup of acts, however, includes only four ''Reinvente'' |
The story and most of the characters are from ''[[Le Cirque Reinvente]]'': Ordinary People are turned into whimsical circus folk by the King of Fools and Queen of the Night. The lineup of acts, however, includes only four ''Reinvente'' acts—five of the remaining six are from Cirque's follow-up ''[[Nouvelle Experience]]'', redressed to fit the ''Reinvente'' setting. In addition, only one of the clowns appeared in either of the previous tours. |
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== Besides most of the tropes that appeared in ''[[Le Cirque Reinvente]]'', this show contained examples of == |
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* [[Composite Character]]: The Ringmaster was a merger of the original ''Reinvente'' character and the Great Chamberlain of ''Nouvelle'' |
* [[Composite Character]]: The Ringmaster was a merger of the original ''Reinvente'' character and the Great Chamberlain of ''Nouvelle''—as such, he was played by the Chamberlain's performer (Brian Dewhurst) and participated in the slackwire act as well. |
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* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: The ''Reinvente'' costume designs were overhauled for this show, and the Ringmaster's suit got a ''ton'' more sequins in the process. |
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: The ''Reinvente'' costume designs were overhauled for this show, and the Ringmaster's suit got a ''ton'' more sequins in the process. |
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* [[Missing Episode]]: A "lost episode" example in that it was never filmed for television/video; not surprising since both of the shows it combined ''were'' filmed, and there wouldn't have been much of a market for it. |
* [[Missing Episode]]: A "lost episode" example in that it was never filmed for television/video; not surprising since both of the shows it combined ''were'' filmed, and there wouldn't have been much of a market for it. |
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