“Lady Like” Closes at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas
That’s right, we said it: Virgin Hotel Las Vegas. That’s not the official name of the hotel. It’s Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. But there’s only one of them. We don’t care how they want us to say it. We don’t live by society’s rules. We also aren’t using the official name of Linq: “The LINQ Hotel + Experience.” If you think we’re going to all caps something that isn’t an acronym or initialism, you are sadly mistaken. And we’re talking to you as well, Guy Fieri. You can use “Chicken Guy!” all you want, but we are never, ever including that asinine exclamation point unless it’s to ridicule the use of that asinine exclamation point. We should probably get back to the main thrust of our story now.
A wonderful T&A extravaganza has closed at Virgin, “Lady Like.” It was a “retro-modern burlesque show” and featured a song titled “Boobs.” It opened Oct. 28, 2023 and ran about 18 months until ticket sales sagged.
According to psychoanalytic theory, humor is considered a “mature defense mechanism.” According to George Vaillant, expanding upon the work of Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna Freud, it allows people to express uncomfortable or painful feelings in a socially acceptable and often disarming way, and please note famous psychoanalysts are calling us “mature,” so there.
Did anyone else not know Sigmund Freud had a daughter and can you imagine what a nightmare it would’ve been to date Anna Freud?
You could never just tell her about a dream you had. Foreplay would involve talking about your relationship with your parents. You could never ask where she’s going because she’d just talk about your fear of abandonment. If she wasn’t in the mood, you’d get a lecture about your oral fixation and unresolved ego conflict. Gaslighting? Done. Love bombing. Done. Negging. Done. Mansplaining. Done.
Imagine going for a family dinner with Anna and Sigmund Freud.
Us: “Please pass the pasta.”
Anna Freud: “Interesting you chose pasta. A comfort food. Possibly regressive. Are you seeking maternal validation tonight?”
Us: “No, just some carbs.”
Sigmund Freud: “Carbohydrates are symbolic. He desires the oral phase. Possibly unresolved weaning trauma.”
Us: “Just hungry.”
Sigmund Freud: “Denial is a defense mechanism.”
Us: “What about that weather, huh?”
Anna Freud: “Avoidance. Noted.”
Sigmund Freud: “Do you often use small talk to distance yourself from emotional intimacy?”
Anna Freud: “And we should probably talk about your use of the first person plural. It reeks of externalization, an avoidance of personal accountability.”
Us: “Speaking of avoidance, that ‘angel loses its wings’ thing!”
“Lady Like” was very entertaining, not just because the dancers were attractive, the show had a “take.” In between the 24 themed dance vignettes, ads from the 1950s and 1960s were displayed with their cringeworthy messages highlighting the quaint roles of women. You know, birthing, housekeeping, attending to the needs of men, the whole nine.
The show was all about female empowerment. Yes, in a revue. Just never you mind the seeming contradictions, it was a fine show and you should’ve taken our recommendation to see it because now it’s gone and that is not on us.
Good shows aren’t always financially successful shows, of course. Virgin is a tough location for a production show. Marketing costs a fortune for four-wall productions (where the show pays rent and is responsible for pretty much everything), too.
The show’s run ended on good terms with Virgin, but the painful truth is successful things don’t close in Las Vegas.
No replacement has been named for the space at Virgin yet. When something’s lined up for the theater, you’ll hear about it second. After us, of course. Don’t get sassy.
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