DAVID COPPERFIELD

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

I WAS ALREADY HAVING A GOOD DAY ON MY 39TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH DINNER AND NOW A SHOW  (COPPERFIELD),   BUT THE SHOW PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE !

HAVING REVIEWED MAYBE 5000 LAS VEGAS SHOWS I HAVE SEEN MOSTLY STUFF I LIKE....16 AUGUST 2013 AT THE MGM...MAGICIAN DAVID COPPERFIELD......YOU HAVE ADVANCED THE ARTS TO A NEW LEVEL.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENIUS....YOUR CREATIVITY .....YOUR WORK EFFORT....YOUR HISTORY ....YOUR  PERSONALITY....YOUR SENSE OF TIMING....YOUR PRODUCTION AND TO YOUR PARENTS WHO OBVIOUSLY STRUCTURED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR EXISTENCE.

COPPERFIELD....15 SHOWS A WEEK AT THE MGM .... 702.891 7777....SELLS OUT EVERY SHOW AND WHY NOT..........THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS......RUMOR HAS IT COPPERFIELD AND THE MGM ARE WORKING ON RENAMING THE THEATRE AND WORKING ON A LONG TIME ENGAGEMENT HERE....THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US....I WANT TO GO BACK.

I HAVE MENTIONED A FEW SHOWS AS THE BEST IN LAS VEGAS...SOME ARE.....NONE WERE BETTER THAN  WHAT WE ENJOYED LAST NIGHT.

SOME HISTORY......SINCE MY ARRIVAL IN LAS VEGAS IN 1984...... I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL....PROBABLY A DECADE OR SO SINCE MY LAST VISIT TO COPPERFIELD.....ITS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME....THIS 57 YEAR OLD SUPER THINKER IS PRODUCING NEW ILLUSIONS AND NEW CONCEPTS TIED TO VIDEO TECHNOLOGY WITH CELL PHONES....VIDEO PHONES AND TO  PRODUCING A RANDOM IMAGE ON EVERYONE IN THE THEATRES WRIST BAND THROUGH A LASER BEAM.....HOW THE HELL WOULD I EXPECT TO SEE THE WORD "INSPIRE"   PICKED AT RANDOM....... TO APPEAR ON MY WRIST ?

THOUGHT..... PREPARATION.....PRODUCTION EN MASS INTO THIS SHOW AND IT SEEMS TO GO ON ETERNALLY....YES....I .HATE TO THINK OF BEING DEAD AND UNABLE TO ENJOY SHOWS LIKE THIS !

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BUT I NOTICED COPPERFIELD HANDS ARE EXTREMELY LARGE....LONG FINGERS....I THINK GENETICALLY HE CAN THANK HIS PARENTS AGAIN FOR THIS....HELPS THE IMAGE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PALMS OF THOSE HANDS ?

OUTSIDE THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE A COLOSSAL BRONZE STATUE OF COPPERFIELD AND SOME OF HIS SUPER CONQUESTS....THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.....THE GREAT WALL....THE ROLLER COASTER  ESCAPE....WHEN YOU GO ....GIVE THIS SOME TIME.

THE 85 MINUTE SHOW FLOWED LIKE LIGHTENING.....A TAD LATE AND THE AUDIO COULD BE A SHADE STRONGER....COPPERFIELD IS AD LIBBING AND MAKING OFF THE CUFF COMMENTS THAT ARE CLEVER AND TIMELY AND WE ALL NEED TO HEAR THEM !

A WORLD AUDIENCE....PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE  IN THIS SELLOUT....SOME EVEN FROM NEPTUNE BUT EVEN THEY GOT MOST OF THE JIST OF WHAT WAS GOING ON !

LOTS OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AT RANDOM....THE TRANSITION TO STAGE A WELL OILED MACHINE.....COPPERFIELD SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIS PRODUCTION TEAM....HE HAS GOT LOTS OF FOLKS EMPLOYED AND THATS GOOD FOR EVERYONE.

ACTUALLY IT IS ALMOST  A NEGATIVE TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SEE....HOW CAN ANY STRUCTURE OF WORDS CONVEY WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN A  REAL LIVE THEATRE ?

WE WERE FORTUNATE TO SIT IN THE FRONT ROW ALLOWING ME TO QUESTION EVERY ILLUSION UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND LOOK FOR "HOW DID HE DO THATS".....AFTERWARD WE HAVE NO ANSWERS.....JANET, MY WIFE SAID " I DON'T WANT TO KNOW"....SHE ALSO COMMENTED THAT SHE ENJOYED WATCHING CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE  ENJOYING THEMSELVES....ME TOO !  THE JOY ON A CHILDS FACE IS IMMEASURABLE !

IF ITS NOT ENOUGH.... THE FINALE HAD 12 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ON A IRON PLATFORM HOLDING FLASHLIGHTS COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR AT THE BACK OF THE THEATRE....TRY THIS ONE AT HOME !

AND....AND .....AND...IF THATS NOT ENOUGH....COPPERFIELD DOES A MEET AND GREAT AFTER THE SHOW.....HOW FIRST CLASS TO BE SO NICE...SO POLITE...........AMONG MY VERY FEW HEROES ARE KEN BURNS...ITZAK PERLMAN....DUSTIN HOFFMAN..................DAVID COPPERFIELD....YOU, SIR...... HAVE JOINED THIS ELITE GROUP !

NOT ENOUGH GOOD CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS SHOW ! 

DAVID COPPERFIELD THANK YOU SHARING THIS PLANET WITH ME !

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