First draft impressions.
You may have read they are closing the Beatles show, Love, in Las Vegas. The space needed for some massive makeover (a stadium for Oakland A's baseball?) being planned, the stated reason. Okay, maybe. Or maybe the Cirque brand is fading? Novelty in time becomes old-school. And all the pretentious theatrical airs and posturing surrounding it, even more difficult to take. Get on with the show! I don't know. I lost the urge a number of years ago, fed up with the fru-fru, pissed off by having to fork over a few dollars for an empty designer bottle, needed to contain water out of a faucet. In its better days, there were free faucets outside the tent. People notice these small things.
Desperation isn't pretty.
Which got me wondering, how is the Montreal Monster, which the Canadian government, its initial angel investor in the beginning, bailed out in 2022, really doing? I have no idea. I can only guess they are getting by. They tried playing the indoor venue circuit years ago, which left patrons wanting. They are now crawling back to those concrete charmers. The mark of a thriving concern?
Yelp reviews: Once upon a time, there were many raves. Now, there are many boos. I focused in on the S.F. Bay Area scene the last year, and found some horribly put-off notices. I tried to copy a few to bring to your attention, but could not. Suffice it to say, of around only five to eight in recent months, all but one are in negative territory. Far closer to zero than to five. Crique-du-fatigue?
All such epic achievements I suppose are bound to wither away in time. That need not be the case here, but in their apparent grope to continue dominating the market, at least in imagery, they may be diluting their product down to the leftover shelves.
No comments:
Post a Comment