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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Cirque du Soleil.
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* WomanInWhite: Kayala still wears a white ballgown in the curtain call.
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''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. A further {{Retool}} took place in 2016, whereupon the show was retitled ''Criss Angel Mindfreak Live!''
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''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. A further {{Retool}} took place in 2016, whereupon the show was retitled ''Criss Angel Mindfreak Live!''
Live!'' In this form, it ran until 2018.
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''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. Criss was signed on to perform at the Luxor for ten years, and the show has been better received since the {{Retool}}.
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''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. Criss was signed on to perform at the Luxor for ten years, and A further {{Retool}} took place in 2016, whereupon the show has been better received since the {{Retool}}.
was retitled ''Criss Angel Mindfreak Live!''
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Angel spends a lot of time boasting about his fame, raving about the popularity of his TV show, and sharing pictures from his childhood.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Angel spends a lot of time boasting about his fame, raving about the popularity of his TV show, and sharing pictures from his childhood.childhood, and reminding the audience how popular his TV show was.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Angel spends a lot of time boasting about his fame, raving about the popularity of his TV show, and sharing pictures from his childhood.
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Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's twenty-fourth production opened Halloween 2008 at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Directed by Serge Denoncourt, this is the first Cirque show built around a specific performer -- StageMagician Criss Angel, who hit the big time with his [=TV=] show ''Mindfreak''. As such, this is also Cirque's first show to be based around magic and illusion, with their grandiose production values providing a gothic-inspired atmosphere for his tricks.
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Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's twenty-fourth production opened Halloween 2008 at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, UsefulNotes/LasVegas, Nevada. Directed by Serge Denoncourt, this is the first Cirque show built around a specific performer -- StageMagician Criss Angel, who hit the big time with his [=TV=] show ''Mindfreak''. As such, this is also Cirque's first show to be based around magic and illusion, with their grandiose production values providing a gothic-inspired atmosphere for his tricks.
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* WomanInWhite: Kayala wears a white ballgown in the curtain call.
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* CleverCrows: Kayala had "Crowmen" amongst her minions.
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* RavensAndCrows: Kayala had "Crowmen" amongst her minions.
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* BloodierAndGorier: For Cirque; [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-criss3-2008nov03,0,6640068.story this review of the original take]] called it "the most death-obsessed show to emerge from Sin City since ''{{CSI}}''".
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* BloodierAndGorier: For Cirque; [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-criss3-2008nov03,0,6640068.story this review of the original take]] called it "the most death-obsessed show to emerge from Sin City since ''{{CSI}}''".''{{Series/CSI}}''".
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* PluckyComicRelief / {{Sidekick}}: The four ushers who serve as Criss's assistants.
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* NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning: Delivered twice, the second time coming after the Tesla coil trick went wrong by a computer-animated rabbit who's introducing the "real" show. It was promptly killed by a falling spotlight.
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* BlackComedy: After a (computer-animated) bunny delivered a NoTalkingOrPhones warning -- well into the show, just after the Tesla coil trick went wrong -- it was crushed by a falling spotlight, leading into the "Homage to the Rabbits" sequence.
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CirqueDuSoleil's twenty-fourth production opened Halloween 2008 at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Directed by Serge Denoncourt, this is the first Cirque show built around a specific performer -- StageMagician Criss Angel, who hit the big time with his [=TV=] show ''Mindfreak''. As such, this is also Cirque's first show to be based around magic and illusion, with their grandiose production values providing a gothic-inspired atmosphere for his tricks.
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CirqueDuSoleil's twenty-fourth production opened Halloween 2008 at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Directed by Serge Denoncourt, this is the first Cirque show built around a specific performer -- StageMagician Criss Angel, who hit the big time with his [=TV=] show ''Mindfreak''. As such, this is also Cirque's first show to be based around magic and illusion, with their grandiose production values providing a gothic-inspired atmosphere for his tricks.
''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. Criss was signed on to perform at the Luxor for ten years, and the show has been better received since the {{Retool}}.
To make the trope examples short and sweet, they are divided between the original version of the show and the {{Retool}}.
!!!The original show (2008-10) had examples of:
* AllJustADream / DreamLand: The show started with Criss performing a ''Mindfreak''-styled revue until a trick with a Tesla coil went horribly wrong, plunging him into a gothic dream world. There was even a ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou moment at the end (besides the Ushers, Crimson was the counterpart of a camerawoman in the "real" world).
* BloodierAndGorier: For Cirque; [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-criss3-2008nov03,0,6640068.story this review of the original take]] called it "the most death-obsessed show to emerge from Sin City since ''{{CSI}}''".
* CostumePorn
* CreepyDoll: Creepy, life-sized, cracked porcelain lady dolls, a trio of whom Criss encountered.
* DisneyDeath: Twice. First, Crimson and her minions magically killed Kayala, and then had the despondent Criss sawn in two. The subsequent funeral for him had a restored Kayala among the mourners, along with Crimson -- but then she was replaced in her chair by Criss.
* HairRaisingHare: Many, many rabbits (mostly dancers) who provided the show's big visual motif. They were dropped in retooling due in part to complaints that they got too much stage time.
* TheIngenue: Kayala, a lovely lass who became the object of Criss's affection in the dream.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Criss for Kayala.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Crimson ruined Criss and Kayala's wedding with a troupe of camera-wielding minions called "Paparazzi" in the program.
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: The ubiquity of this trick was the basis for the dance "Homage to the Rabbits" (specifically, those that didn't survive it).
* RavensAndCrows: Kayala had "Crowmen" amongst her minions.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Cirque du Soleil.
* TakeThatCritics: When notorious celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton attended in April 2009, he sent Twitter messages to his followers ''during the performance'' to tell them how bad it was. Criss found out about this by the time the show was over, and during the curtain call pointed and profanely chewed him out in front of everyone. In the end, it was Criss who bore the brunt of media criticism for childish, unprofessional behavior, especially since he never apologized for it (though Cirque management would).
* TheVamp: Crimson in the dream world.
* XMeetsY: Cirque du Soleil meeting Criss Angel; generally, contemporary circus meets magic show.
!!!The current version still has, or has added, examples of:
* TheArtifact: The ushers, Kayala, and Crimson -- especially the latter two, since they no longer have any story to serve a larger purpose in. They could have been dropped along with the dancers except that the performers make useful assistants and provide some comedy in the ushers' case.
* AudienceParticipation: Among other things, one of the tricks is the old magic standby in which the magician asks audience members simple questions (name, hometown, etc.) and the answers appear on a large piece of paper that's in a locked box, itself hanging above the stage long before the show starts.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: For Kayala in the "Wedding" act. The train is so big that it covers the back wall of the stage, and from there Criss walks down it.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The original trailer wasn't replaced with a new one until December 2010, even though the bulk of what was in the ad (dancers, CostumePorn, etc.) was dropped from the show long before then.
* PluckyComicRelief / {{Sidekick}}: The four ushers who serve as Criss's assistants.
* SawAWomanInHalf: An elaborate take on this trick is the show's climax. (Originally, it was Criss cut in half.)
* WomanInWhite: Kayala wears a white ballgown in the curtain call.
''Believe'' opened to the worst critical reviews any Cirque production has endured ([[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/01/illusion-elusive-angels-believe/ this]] was typical) and initial audience response was no better. As a result it was retooled, dropping the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Believe#Acts original storyline]] linking the tricks together and from there most of Cirque's conceptual contributions. Criss was signed on to perform at the Luxor for ten years, and the show has been better received since the {{Retool}}.
To make the trope examples short and sweet, they are divided between the original version of the show and the {{Retool}}.
!!!The original show (2008-10) had examples of:
* AllJustADream / DreamLand: The show started with Criss performing a ''Mindfreak''-styled revue until a trick with a Tesla coil went horribly wrong, plunging him into a gothic dream world. There was even a ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou moment at the end (besides the Ushers, Crimson was the counterpart of a camerawoman in the "real" world).
* BloodierAndGorier: For Cirque; [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-criss3-2008nov03,0,6640068.story this review of the original take]] called it "the most death-obsessed show to emerge from Sin City since ''{{CSI}}''".
* CostumePorn
* CreepyDoll: Creepy, life-sized, cracked porcelain lady dolls, a trio of whom Criss encountered.
* DisneyDeath: Twice. First, Crimson and her minions magically killed Kayala, and then had the despondent Criss sawn in two. The subsequent funeral for him had a restored Kayala among the mourners, along with Crimson -- but then she was replaced in her chair by Criss.
* HairRaisingHare: Many, many rabbits (mostly dancers) who provided the show's big visual motif. They were dropped in retooling due in part to complaints that they got too much stage time.
* TheIngenue: Kayala, a lovely lass who became the object of Criss's affection in the dream.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Criss for Kayala.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Crimson ruined Criss and Kayala's wedding with a troupe of camera-wielding minions called "Paparazzi" in the program.
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: The ubiquity of this trick was the basis for the dance "Homage to the Rabbits" (specifically, those that didn't survive it).
* RavensAndCrows: Kayala had "Crowmen" amongst her minions.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Cirque du Soleil.
* TakeThatCritics: When notorious celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton attended in April 2009, he sent Twitter messages to his followers ''during the performance'' to tell them how bad it was. Criss found out about this by the time the show was over, and during the curtain call pointed and profanely chewed him out in front of everyone. In the end, it was Criss who bore the brunt of media criticism for childish, unprofessional behavior, especially since he never apologized for it (though Cirque management would).
* TheVamp: Crimson in the dream world.
* XMeetsY: Cirque du Soleil meeting Criss Angel; generally, contemporary circus meets magic show.
!!!The current version still has, or has added, examples of:
* TheArtifact: The ushers, Kayala, and Crimson -- especially the latter two, since they no longer have any story to serve a larger purpose in. They could have been dropped along with the dancers except that the performers make useful assistants and provide some comedy in the ushers' case.
* AudienceParticipation: Among other things, one of the tricks is the old magic standby in which the magician asks audience members simple questions (name, hometown, etc.) and the answers appear on a large piece of paper that's in a locked box, itself hanging above the stage long before the show starts.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: For Kayala in the "Wedding" act. The train is so big that it covers the back wall of the stage, and from there Criss walks down it.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The original trailer wasn't replaced with a new one until December 2010, even though the bulk of what was in the ad (dancers, CostumePorn, etc.) was dropped from the show long before then.
* PluckyComicRelief / {{Sidekick}}: The four ushers who serve as Criss's assistants.
* SawAWomanInHalf: An elaborate take on this trick is the show's climax. (Originally, it was Criss cut in half.)
* WomanInWhite: Kayala wears a white ballgown in the curtain call.
