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Over 2012, this show will wrap up its North American tour and move on to Europe.
Over 2012, this show will wrap up its North American tour and move on to Europe.


==== This show contains examples of: ====
== This show contains examples of ==
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Costumed performers play elephants during "Ben" and descend from the rafters as bats during the horror sequence.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Costumed performers play elephants during "Ben" and descend from the rafters as bats during the horror sequence.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Two ladies bare theirs: the cello player and the pole dancer who performs to "Dangerous".
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Two ladies bare theirs: the cello player and the pole dancer who performs to "Dangerous".
* [[Clueless Aesop]]: [http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/arts/theater/cirque-du-soleil-michael-jackson-immortal-world-tour-review This review] argues that "They Don't Care About Us" presents this; later in the review he notes that the show wouldn't have existed had Jackson's estate not seen its profit potential -- yet it equates money with evil.
* [[Clueless Aesop]]: [http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/arts/theater/cirque-du-soleil-michael-jackson-immortal-world-tour-review This review] argues that "They Don't Care About Us" presents this; later in the review he notes that the show wouldn't have existed had Jackson's estate not seen its profit potential—yet it equates money with evil.
{{quote|...dancing robots appear with LED breastplates that first flash dollar signs amidst videos of urban and international violence, then display hearts as Mother Teresa appears onscreen to feed starving children. The number was originally designed for Jackson's This Is It shows (performances that were preempted by the artist's demise), so Cirque can't entirely be blamed for its unseemly exploitation of human suffering for commercial entertainment. Of course Jackson would have seen himself as raising awareness, and Cirque doubtless think the same thing about the pro-Gaia number [[Earth Song]] that unfolds as 30,000 people sip from souvenir plastic cups. }}
{{quote|...dancing robots appear with LED breastplates that first flash dollar signs amidst videos of urban and international violence, then display hearts as Mother Teresa appears onscreen to feed starving children. The number was originally designed for Jackson's This Is It shows (performances that were preempted by the artist's demise), so Cirque can't entirely be blamed for its unseemly exploitation of human suffering for commercial entertainment. Of course Jackson would have seen himself as raising awareness, and Cirque doubtless think the same thing about the pro-Gaia number [[Earth Song]] that unfolds as 30,000 people sip from souvenir plastic cups. }}
* [[Creepy Cemetery]]: Guess where the horror-inspired segment ("Thriller", etc.) takes place?
* [[Creepy Cemetery]]: Guess where the horror-inspired segment ("Thriller", etc.) takes place?
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* [[The Everyman]]: The Mime.
* [[The Everyman]]: The Mime.
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Bubbles the chimp (as played by a dancer) is a character!
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Bubbles the chimp (as played by a dancer) is a character!
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: Many costumes in this show are festooned with sequins, crystals, etc. Michael's iconic sparkly white glove appears more than once -- at one point, it's the size of a person.
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: Many costumes in this show are festooned with sequins, crystals, etc. Michael's iconic sparkly white glove appears more than once—at one point, it's the size of a person.
* [[Faceless Goons]]: The robot-esque soldiers in "They Don't Care About Us", though they become good by the end of the number.
* [[Faceless Goons]]: The robot-esque soldiers in "They Don't Care About Us", though they become good by the end of the number.
* [[Gangsterland]]: As depicted in movies of the 1930s, this is the setting of the "This Place Hotel"/"Smooth Criminal"/"Dangerous" sequence.
* [[Gangsterland]]: As depicted in movies of the 1930s, this is the setting of the "This Place Hotel"/"Smooth Criminal"/"Dangerous" sequence.
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