I can pretty much sum up what is going to happen with this stinker of a show though.

The new tricks are guaranteed to not be new at all. They will be re-packaged stuff seen elsewhere, but changed around so as to not give that outward appearance of stealing it outright from someone else.

And this is fine. Because they may be actually awesome tricks/magic.

But, if indeed this show is going to be changed around, it still doesn’t address the core problems that keep re-occurring.

And that is the glaring problem that Criss Angel possesses zero talent, absolutely no stage presence and has no personality, precluding zilch, nada ability to have a meaningful entertaining rapport with a paying audience. And the bad boy rock star image and copious amounts of dudinal attitudinal stuff don’t make up for those previous mentioned shortcomings.

But other constants exhibited by this show will still happen though:

1. Criss Angel will still come up with excuses for his inadequacies. And he will play it off by using gobbledeegook nonsensical words/phrases like “soft opening,” “fixation,” “work in progress still,” etc. etc. ad nauseum.

2. Cirque du Soleil will still come up with excuses for their miserable show. And they will continue to back up their star by making excuses for him. Because the money rolling in is FAR more important than anything else. They HAVE to get their $100 million back. Period.

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3. The tourists that pay full money to see this stinker of a show (now and in the future) will still complain they were ripped off, were not entertained and were misled by the flowery advertisements promising to produce some kind of wonderous event, yet failing abysmally, only providing shit.

So, I really think we can expect to see audiences continue to howl rip off after seeing it, and still scream fraud for the next eight years or so.

Keep up the excellent reporting, Richard. I think it’s great that someone makes sure tourists are well informed. I have always said it is important to tell the truth about things on the Las Vegas Strip. Entertainers are supposed to entertain. It’s that simple. Because if that standard of ethics does not occur, and it is not called out, then you can kiss tourism goodbye in Las Vegas. Tourists are our commodity. And they have to be treated fairly. If they aren’t, then they will not come anymore.

He has won the Magician Awards for years.

Was he that good in fooling people? He is going into Season 6 of his Mindfreak show. That must say something good that he is still doing a TV show.

I think Vegas has it out for him. I wish he would take his talent someplace else because Vegas doesn’t appreciate him.