Vegas has become known worldwide as the city of Cirque du Soleil.
Now, the troupe has a new show.
This one's gonna keep it a little more adult-themed.
Cirque du Soleil is changing its tune when it comes to the newest production...
But you won't be able to take your children there.
You won't want to take them to see it.
Vegas and Cirque du Soleil have grown up...
and we're not ashamed of being grown-ups anymore.
A fag is a bundle of sticks that lights quickly...
burns very hot, and it burns a long time.
Just as these people will do in hell.
You know what? I just have to be myself.
No kidding.
If they don't want me in this lead they can go fuck themselves!
To love and to honor, sacred vows of marriage.
Vows often taken and, it seems, often broken.
Oh, it's a blast.
It's too much fun, sometimes.
Any time in this country we start talking about sex...
everybody goes crazy.
Okay, I love you, baby.
Okay, I see you later on in like an hour.
Zoologists have studied monogamy in the animal kingdom.
Monogamy is exceedingly rare. It's not easy.
And, in that sense, it doesn't come naturally.
This is gonna be very controversial.
I hope it's a show about issues, eh?
If not, then we're just doing entertainment.
Prudishness can't exist inside of making an erotic show.
It can't exist.
That's my costume. That's it.
My mother is going to be so proud.
These were women that were out showing themselves to strangers.
Society has just basically seemed to go to hell in a hand basket, basically.
Do you really...
want to be aroused in a public place?
I think Las Vegas stinks.
I don't even know... I don't even know what to say.
Sex...
is a mystery.
Five, six, seven, eight. And one, one, one, two. Pitch!
And go, ladies. Ladies back, ladies back. Go back.
Straight back, straight back. Boom.
I've lost my clothes. Someone's fucking stolen my clothes.
Where are they?
Oh, I know, they're...
They're in the girls' dressing room. Come in there, you'll like that.
That's what all women look like, yeah?
We're gonna see what they really look like now, shall we?
I'm at the Cirque du Soleil right now.
I'm getting ready. I'm just finished packing my bags. I mean, we're out of here.
Today is my last day. I'm going to the airport now.
- You ain't getting me, brother. - I ain't getting you.
I'm gonna see you for the next few years, naked.
- Bye-bye. Bye. - Bye-bye, man. Take care, man.
This guy is fresh meat!
- Are you leaving me? - Yes.
- Are you leaving now? Really? - Yes, yes. I see you.
- Going to Paris? - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
You know what? I'll see you in New York.
Is it on its way? Is there any story on your minds...
that we're not knowing about?
- Is there a purpose to be there? - Is there a purpose?
- Yeah, we're missing a purpose to be there. - Can I explain, can I explain what I've...
Can I explain... I'll just explain. When I very first spoke...
to Guy about this project, there was a purpose, yes.
We wanted the public to feel, when they leave, to feel... Yeah, sure.
Maybe they want to go off and they wanna fuck...
or maybe they're not doing that anymore and they look at each other...
and they... They remember those times.
Maybe someone who doesn't feel good about themselves...
when they leave the show, they feel good about themselves.
That they could be romantic, they could be a sexual person also.
This is what the show should say.
This show is like my life. I've lived it. You know, I'm a cabaret performer.
I'm a singer. I'm a jazz singer. But I'm a funny person.
I look funny, I sound funny. And sex, I love sex.
And it's gonna be weird, too, 'cause when I go to Vegas, I mean...
who knows what those people are gonna think about me?
It's gonna be interesting to... Yeah, to view this gigantic show...
and opening it, and bringing these people in.
That's going to be my job, is to... bring them in.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present...
someone I love very, very, very much.
Well, the nastiest cunt around knows her. Joey Arias.
Let me, Joey, entertain every one of you fuckers
Let me make you smile
I know a few tricks
Some old and new tricks
I'm very versatile
- Yes - No way.
And if you're good
I'll make you feel good
I'll make your spirits fly
So let me entertain you
We'll have a real good
time
Come on, baby, I'll see you in the toilet. Five minutes.
Thank you.
Now, let me give you back to my sister, Raven O.
Joey Arias, the legendary.
You have to fly all the way to Las Vegas to see her.
You know, Las Vegas, now, has turned into a big amusement park for families.
So all the hookers and drunks and gamblers aren't having fun.
So, Joey's gonna go there and destroy it.
You have to switch it off...
when someone is kissing you in a way and touching you...
- How can you not feel... - How can you not feel nothing?
We need to find a way of, like, being able to switch off.
Maybe we should ask porn stars.
- I think we should. - Maybe we should interview them.
I think we need to ask strippers and porn stars...
how they turn off at the end of the day, so they can go home and have a proper...
I don't think they do have a home life.
I feel like I'm floating, and it's just taking me there.
I don't think...
I'll go home to see my family. I'll probably fly them out to Vegas.
Yeah, my parents... Haven't really told them yet.
I'm not gonna tell them till it's set, you know.
I actually signed this contract just knowing that it was going to be topless...
and that's all they said to me.
I remember calling my mum that night and saying, "I'm a bit nervous."
It was my mum that was kind of, like...
"Don't worry, don't worry. It's Cirque du Soleil. It'll be fine.
"They do everything... You know, it's really tasteful and..."
That's the thing. I trust them.
I don't think they would put anything on stage that's too vulgar.
I'm born and grew up in Cuba.
My mom was a dancer. She was dancing in Tropicana...
where my dad met her. My dad was a dancer, too.
You know, me and my dad, we're kind of, like, fighting...
because I came here to the U.S.
My mentality was just like, "Be free, come to the U.S., " you know.
I believe in destiny, you know.
Look, Papa, look. It's all wet.
Alex, you know you talk too much?
Drive me crazy, man.
Papi, I'm gonna call your mom to... So that she can get you outside.
- Why? - Because I have to go.
It's raining, all right? So bring something for the baby.
We're almost there, right, Alex? Now, don't make me laugh.
Now, be serious. Yeah, stop.
I hate it when you do that.
I know. But, you see, I hate it when you do that, too.
- Papi. - I got you.
You promise you're gonna be good?
Huh? Don't cry, don't cry. Look at me.
Don't cry, papi.
Hey, listen. Listen. Look at me, I, I just...
You was just having fun right now.
Listen.
Listen, what are you crying for?
I'm really gonna miss you.
Oh, papi, don't cry. Listen, listen. Listen, don't cry.
So you're just gonna go... You're gonna go and see me, right?
And I gonna make some money and I gonna take you there.
Okay?
I love you, okay? Okay, papi?
Love you, okay?
Gonna make some good money, and I gonna bring you there.
Okay?
It was... It was really tough before, 'cause...
you know, you're just trying to survive like every other person out there...
and going from shit job to shit job.
But I was performing on the outside of that.
I was doing corporate gigs, and waitressing, and...
It was tough, but it led me to here. So it's all good.
You want me to lug this thing here?
- It's almost bigger than me. - Yeah, I just gotta get a few more things.
Last winter, we decided to get married.
- Engaged. - Engaged to be married.
- It hasn't been easy. - They take you through the wringer.
Just to get married, they take you through the wringer.
All passengers to Las Vegas are requested for immediate boarding.
I'll miss you lots.
- This'll test you. - Yes, I know.
Let's go. Let's go, girl. Come on. Get up here. You can do it.
I feel like a king.
That's my girl, man.
How's my princess?
How come you're a king and I'm a princess?
Huh?
How come you're a king and I'm a princess? I'll be your queen.
No, you're a princess.
It's hard not to love Alex. You know.
He's very spontaneous. He's very fun to be around.
And, also, he kind of makes me open up...
and sometimes I bring him a little bit down to earth.
Until I get a job in Las Vegas, I won't be able to move out there.
I'm hoping it will be easier than what I think.
It is gonna be fucking rocking, I think. I hope.
I better do a good job.
There was a lot of times I was kind of nervous a lot.
It's like starting a new level of something, and I really wanna take it there.
I just want people to look at me, and go, like, "Wow, look at that person.
"That's a goddess." You know, like a real movie star.
Ladies and gentlemen, those bells indicate our final approach...
now into Las Vegas at this time. We need all seat backs...
tray tables in their upright and locked positions for landing.
Wow.
Oh, my gosh, it's like Disneyland. This is insane.
I forgot how trashy it was.
Hi. How are you?
- You made it. Everything's okay? - Yeah.
Getting your pasties on, love?
Yeah, right. Let me get my bread crumbs into you.
My morning breakfast of crumbs.
- How do you feel? - I feel like shit.
Well, here, are my little notes just...
- What time is it now? - Time to go down.
Ladies and gentlemen, the President and COO of the New York-New York.
Cirque du Soleil is the preeminent...
entertainment entity anywhere in the world.
They have a reputation for creating must-see shows.
And we're confident that Zumanity will be the next must-see show.
Excuse me, I'm very nervous. Is that okay?
Yes.
This project for myself is a very important project.
Because of what it's talking about.
The show is talking about sexuality, and I think that's a really important thing...
to talk about because it's something that we all...
Well, we're all here because of that, right?
And it also is something that creates a lot of taboos in our minds...
about what is right, what is wrong.
Zumanity...
- here, in New York-New York. - I love Las Vegas.
I'm so overwhelmed.
Hi everybody. Welcome, welcome to Las Vegas, baby.
I'm back on my diet again.
Yeah, liquid diet. Remember when I was doing that in February?
I'm doing that again. I'm gonna do it for three...
maybe four weeks, now.
Welcome back to Fox 5 News This Morning. 8:38 now, on this Friday.
Las Vegas looks good.
Our Robin Leach got an all-access pass to find out just how hot...
the sexy New York-New York show really is.
I moved into our home today.
- Oh, yeah, are you at home? - I'm at home now.
How many more weeks do I have to wait?
Three?
You're going to make me wait three more freaking weeks?
Oh, honey, I miss you.
Cirque du Soleil is always making news with its shows.
Their newest is set to open this summer at New York-New York...
and sexy doesn't even begin to describe it.
The new $15 million erotic cabaret, Zumanity...
opens August 12, in its own new $35 million...
love-seat theater at New York-New York, and cast and crew relocated this week...
from the Montreal headquarters for their final two months of rehearsals.
Jonel, have you had sex yet? When's your boyfriend coming in?
- Oh, don't talk to me about sex. - Why?
- He's not coming, all right? - So who's gonna punch your pussy now?
- I thought you would maybe be doing that. - I'll punch it. With my shoe!
One, two, three, up.
What do you want to... Do you not want that, huh?
But you don't want that.
- You don't want that? - The splits is kind of nice.
- Oh, yeah... - It's dynamic.
- Nice. Nice. - One, two. Now.
That's okay.
Nice. That was beautiful.
My name's Andrew Watson.
And I'm the creative director of this crazy show that we're making here.
And we're here at the rehearsal space for our first day.
So, the question of the day, is the haircut.
Felt like a good thing to do, and it felt like a good thing to do...
to focus, and also because it's damn hot here.
Reverse, two, three, four.
Side, and flex toes.
Together, and back.
Side, walk. Side, walk.
My mother has always brought me up to be this little ballet dancer.
Innocent little girl and, you know, I've had all this ballet training...
and I've done the musical theater thing. It's like a snowball. It just...
It's just rolling and it's getting bigger and bigger and bigger...
and the show will be fantastic.
I feel really burnt out. Totally.
Before I came down here I went to my doctor...
and he wanted to sign me off on four months disability leave.
He said, "You're crazy, you know. You should stop now. "
But I decided just to, like, take a deep breath and to come here and try and do it.
Could everybody please find a seat out here...
and we will begin, please! Thank you!
- Welcome to your new home. - It feels like heaven.
I mean, it really feels like I just landed for real.
I mean, it's... I'm, I'm speechless right now. My heart's beating.
In the last week, it's been...
People have been working 24 hours on seven...
to get the place ready for us. We are a little bit late...
because it's not like we're moving into a theater that's existed for 50, 100 years...
or whatever. The whole thing is being constructed.
So, just to be patient with that.
Okay, folks, we're going to get started. How's everybody doing today?
Doing all right?
And that's what you're not doing, you're not teching.
You're trying to do rehearsal without teching.
We spent last week just purely teching the things.
And this question, I'm sorry, but I addressed that 10 days ago.
I said, I want the mechanic to work, so I can see images...
- and then work the fucking show. - I understand what you're saying.
So is it... Is it too ambitious...
- To program everything exactly the way... ...to do what we planned?
I think the answer is definitely yes.
To me, it seems like it's... There's not enough time to do it all.
We're now going to spend some moments with Guy Laliberté.
He's the founder and president of Cirque du Soleil.
Have you ever had a show fail?
Actually, no.
- Good show. - Bravo.
- Yes. - Yeah.
And don't forget to look left, right, balcony.
The stakes are so high for the project. It's not just making a show.
Like, there's so much depending on the success of that show...
like, it's a pretty huge thing.
Hey. What's up?
- How are you? - I'm doing okay.
Michael has to stay as much out of your way as possible tonight.
- Who? You? - But I'm excited.
- Really? I'm not. - You're not excited?
No, absolutely not. That's just a test.
And I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed, and I'm gonna let you guys do your thing...
and... Hey, Andrew.
Rapping, here I go.
Maybe.
Those cameras are too old.
- Hi. - How's everyone doing?
- Is the party good? - Party?
- Yeah. - I didn't go to party.
- No? - No.
- I don't drink anymore. No more. - No more.
Too much for me.
I drank all my life.
Now why drink when I got two fucked-up bitches here?
- I'm a baby. - You're younger than me.
Not on Sunday, I won't be. I'll be the same age.
Twenty-two.
Everyone says that, "And what, you're getting married?"
- I'm crazy? - No.
No, I'm not crazy.
Hello, Grace. Grace, you hear me?
Hello?
Baby, let me call you right back, because I cannot hear anything.
- Okay. - Now put your arms up.
Should we try and close it all the way, Joey?
Yeah, just go for it. Let's see what happens, darling.
Joey, it's so thin.
Fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes.
I'm doing my vocal warm-up.
I'm plain and I'm proud, and I like cleaning and cooking.
I love my costume. I love it.
Oddly enough, I feel like I'm myself in it.
When I started piecing it all together, you know...
what you thought you were, or what I thought I was...
And then what they made me become made me realize, I'm like...
"Well, I'm more like that than I actually thought I was."
Wow! I love it!
You here in Las Vegas.
Screw the craps. Go home and fuck tonight.
Oh, did I say anything wrong?
If you're an artist and you're not backstage, you should be.
Stand by, please, everybody.
I don't feel so good.
Go.
You sir, up there in the cheap seats...
I can see you're looking at me and I know what you want.
Okay, Joey.
Are you feeling horny?
Do you want to feel my tits?
Fuck you!
Make it faster, guys.
Three. Go.
Are you okay?
I just want everybody to work together.
'Cause everybody's being soloists in here, and it's unfair on me.
'Cause I'm gonna get hurt. And I want a career after this thing.
Can everybody else take their position, please?
You're both on stage right.
- Jonel, when you come... - Yes.
You ready for the music of the orgasm?
Drop!
- Do you like it, Jesse? - No, I don't.
Yeah, Jesse and Jonel should be there before she has her orgasm.
- What's an orgasm, Patrick? - Oh, I don't know.
Okay, Alex, undress.
Station 69 is where we're picking it up.
Welcome to...
sex station 69.
Let's look at all these beautiful faces.
I'd like to take you home and fuck every single one of you...
- and... - Oh, no.
Joey, we're gonna stop just long enough to clean up the stage real quick...
and then we'll take it back from the top of the little orgy.
Okay, kids, hold your load.
I don't need you to come yet. You know what I'm talking about?
At one point, the artists have to become the priority...
as if they can actually perform in the damn show.
Okay, I'm not happy when Joey is using "fuck" in the show...
too early in the show, or too often in the show.
He's losing the notion of time. That's obvious.
Oh, yeah. He was really bad.
He had the... The act starting performing, and he was still going on.
Right.
I have no help.
Mon Dieu! Very hard legs.
Aren't you a really good girl to think that?
The blow-up doll, I found quite vulgar on my side.
I see in total bad taste. I don't like it at all.
Contrary to the blow-up doll, I really do like it...
because it shows a man in a fucking pathetic, weak position.
Why, why are we trying to show men as pathetic, doll-kissing assholes?
Because a lot of them are.
- There's a party tonight. You wanna go? - Where?
Guy Laliberté have a party.
- Oh, Guy Laliberté. - Yeah.
- I didn't have any hard-on at all. - Yeah, I didn't have a hard-on, either.
If you want to go into personal thing...
I cannot be a killer inside that, and I don't wanna go there.
Can I say that? Or I'm gonna shut up again...
I was ashamed. I expressed myself.
Okay. Okay.
Look at her.
She looks dangerous.
Don't kill anybody.
Hi, baby.
- I'm tired, baby. Are you feeling better? - It's okay.
Everything was, "The show, the show."
You know, I'm trying to understand here, you know.
But at the same time, I'm thinking that it's not just the show.
Crazy day today. People get frustrated and crying...
and I don't know.
They wanted to, like, go somewhere to get a drink.
I'll take your word for it.
- Look, I'm telling you. - And I believe you.
Agnès?
How you doing?
Sexually, I realize how comfortable I am.
If that's not obvious.
It's just opened me up even more.
Hey. I'm not that bad.
- Oh, yes you are. - Oh, shut up. No, I'm not.
I was working the whole time. So I'm sorry that, you know...
Did I say anything?
No. I say, I'm sorry we got no time to go anywhere.
I've been working since the morning to the night, so...
I know that. I know.
I wanna really ask everybody...
like, the things that happened yesterday...
and the arguments and all of that to stop.
If you're feeling stressed out, don't freak out at people...
and that goes for everybody, and I try to do that myself.
Just to take a little breath and fucking deal with it.
There's nobody who seems to want to listen.
None of us are given a forum to listen to each other, it seems to be.
Cahal, we've sat together quite a number of times...
and this bullshit's been going on all the time.
It has something to do with human respect.
Just simple human respect about how we fucking treat each other...
and that's not to do with forums.
That's to do with who you are and how you behave.
- Absolutely... - Okay?
- Yeah, you're absolutely right. - Because that's again just saying...
"It's because of that." And I'm fucking tired of that tune.
So don't anybody tell me that respect isn't because we don't all sit together.
On the other side, can the production of this show...
show respect to those people who are lost?
It may be difficult and it may be chaotic.
What I'm saying is, as human beings, we can just respect each other...
and not be assholes to each other.
The sex thing is a big reason and cause. It's different.
We're trying to do something that all of us...
Well, everybody was told not to think about, up until now.
It's a thing. The sex thing is a thing.
They brought a writer in for me. Guess he's a writer from Montreal.
And just kind of cleaned up what I've said.
Or if I didn't say it right, I'm saying it right now.
There's a mood, right? And it's like, what we're trying to do...
we're trying to evoke sensuality.
We're trying to provoke, but we're not trying to be vulgar...
and we're not trying to... Some things are sort of outside the line.
Like, you know, like they told you, stop saying "fuck."
- Well, we all say, "fuck, fuck, fuck." - Who's... No one told me this.
No one ever told you to stop with the "fuck" and "shit" and "fuck, fuck"?
You know, except at the very end when you, like, do that thing in the orgy...
and you go, "I want people to say how fucked up..."
And I don't really want to hear the word "fuck" until that point.
'Cause he said, "I want to change the whole show."
I say, "Fine." Even maybe the whole lines I start off with...
maybe they're gonna get rid of all that.
I don't want you to say, "Sex station 69." Just say, like, "Hey."
You know, "Aren't we having a good time?" Or, like, "Hey, check this out."
He's not a director, but he's trying to direct me...
and saying, "No, Joe, don't..."
This "Sex station 69," like, that's gotta go. It's just...
- That was our workshop title. - I know. That's fine.
- And it was fine for that, but it's gone. - Yeah.
"Have you been to that place where rules are broken?
"Rules are broken...
"Rules are broken, limits are stretched... Limits are stretched...
"and pleasure dances with pain? And...
"Rules are broken, pleasure dances with pain?
"Pleasure dances with pain. Follow me. Just follow me...
"Light a torch..." Oh.
"Light a torch and follow me to your darkest places.
"Just be careful you don't get burned."
All artists in the house, please. All artists in the house.
We are starting staging in about two minutes.
We need all artists in the house, please.
- He's fascinated with it. - Well, I've never seen anyone...
with a penis like this.
I'm not there to shock you.
You know, and, like, be shocking. I hate that.
I mean, "motherfucking, cuntfucking...
"cocksucker, you fucking," you know, whatever.
You know, it's people... No, it's not nice.
Anyway, I'm shocking already. Why should I be...
Why should I, you know, do all that?
I have to announce a few difficult choices that I've done in the last days.
And all of those decision that's been made have been discussed with Guy.
The main general comment, I'd say again, he felt that...
there were not enough tits in the show. That's the word he used, okay?
It's a restricted 18-years-old show...
and we feel like Cirque du Soleil is playing it very safe.
Okay. So, that's, that's a major comment.
Now, just relax...
and turn it into something much more sensual...
and undress yourself...
slowly.
Take something off.
And the one that won't take anything off, you should caress your body.
Let's do it.
It's one of the only creative notes that we've got.
Get your tits out, and the show will be much better.
Bad. Good.
Half good. Very good. Bad.
It's very clear that if people have problems with...
If girls have problems with showing their tits...
and being topless in the show, they shouldn't be here.
It was just a bit difficult for some people, just like that, so close to the premiere...
and, understandably, they maybe feel self-conscious...
but that is the show that we're doing.
So when you came, okay? You come, then you scream...
and then you shut up. Okay, let's do it again.
I've never been to Las Vegas.
God, you're the shot in the ass I need, baby.
You know, everybody's asking me, every five minutes...
"So, is Joey still in that show?" And I'm, like, "Joey is the show, darling."
So, you know, you know how people are in New York.
- Yeah, exactly. - If you're not around...
they're just fucking...
- "Next." - "Next."
- Right, exactly. - You know, and if it's not in New York...
- it isn't really that important. - Right, exactly.
- Las Vegas? - And they're right.
- You know. - Exactly.
I think Las Vegas is awesome.
- Right. - It's so trashy.
8:30 in the house. Guy wants to meet with everybody.
Don't be late.
So there will be skin, there will be tits...
there will be ass, there will be beautiful body natural...
and we'll kick some fucking ass with that.
Is that clear for everybody?
And if some people are not at ease with that...
then come and see us, and we'll clarify that very, very fast.
Because it is a sexy, edgy, naughty, provocative show.
We're gonna have much better applause if you just smile, okay?
The writerldirector is asking you to smile when you kiss.
When you kiss, you smile.
And, Patrick, when I'm talking to the cast, I'm also talking to you.
Listen to me.
You are ranting and raving around the place all the fucking time.
I'm not. I'm smooth.
I'm trying to get people together and doing this show.
Yeah, I'm a fuck-up and all that, but you're not in control.
Like, fuck off, you know? I have children to bring up.
Don't talk to me about responsibility, you know?
I wanna see it.
After you come, come down moving...
I need you to move your hips.
I'm, like, lost. I'm really lost. I don't know what I'm thinking right now.
Wow, Grace. You're pregnant, Grace. You believe that one?
Wow. I thought you could never get pregnant.
- Yeah, I know. - That's what you say.
- Wow. - Is that what you were hoping?
- What? - Was that what you were hoping?
No, I wasn't gonna say I was hoping that.
I was, like, never thinking that you would get pregnant.
You wasn't pregnant in a year, and then, you know?
How can you get pregnant, you know?
Wow.
Right. I'm losing you in here, okay? I'll talk to you later.
Okay, baby. Bye.
Sex is, I think, pretty basic.
It goes in and out, and in and out, and in and out. Squirt. Done.
You know, it's Vegas. Nobody comes here to...
To see a story.
They come here to gamble, get drunk, fuck some hookers.
You know, have some fun, and see some fucking T&A.
And, you know, and for the families, you can go see O and all the other ones...
so the kiddies can go, "Ooh." And grandma and grandpa can go, "Ooh."
But if you're gonna have an erotic show...
nobody wants to go there and think, they want to get off.
They want to see some fucking hot guys with big dicks shaking...
and, you know, girls fucking licking each other's titties and acting sexy.
You know, it's NFL, baby. But it's gonna be a great show.
Andrew knows what he wants, and he'll pull it together.
They better. Spend millions of dollars, or heads will roll.
Hope it won't be my head.
- You never know. - You never know.
I'm sorry, but I've seen porn tamer than this.
Like, seriously, and I was just... I started crying in the orgy.
And Johan was, like, "What's wrong with you?"
And I was, like, "Don't you fucking take my bra off."
And he was, like, "What's wrong with you? What's wrong?"
And I was, like, "I can't do this, Johan. I can't do this."
I'm crying on stage during the, during the orgy going...
All I envisioned is my father in the front row watching me.
You know, I'm like, "There's no way. This...
"I don't know how I'm going to explain this to my dad."
America makes everything complicated.
I hate to say it, but, you know...
Vseva got taken into custody.
Well, with the immigration officer.
Yeah, well, it feels like they're denying us from being together...
and it just... It put a lot of stress on, like, both parties.
'Cause he's trying to figure out how he can get down here.
I'm trying to work with the immigration guys.
When you marry somebody, you're not supposed to be away from them.
You're supposed to be with them, and it makes it that much harder.
So we're gonna leave at what time?
- 4:30, maximum, no? - 4:30?
- Yeah. - Okay.
So, I see you later.
This is so complicated right now.
I don't know what the hell I'm gonna do.
I haven't asleep in, like, almost three days now.
I haven't asleep. There's too many events, you know. The baby, Grace.
I have to be clear, you know, on what is going to happen.
This is his face, his head, and there are these two hands, the body.
I marked everything so Alex could tell what it was. Just in case he couldn't see.
And then, here it is. It's a boy. Here's his... His legs wide open...
and there it is. The proof.
Come see me at the Cabaret Theater, New York-New York.
- Papa! - I'm here.
- Papa! - Yes, I'm here.
- Papa. - Yes, I'm here, bubba.
- Forget it. - Papa, you want some of these?
- Of what? - Some of these?
- What's that? - Those things.
No, I don't like it. Why do you like all... Everything that's bad you want to show me?
Come on, you're gonna like it. Come on, please.
- It ain't gonna make you happy. - You'll be sorry.
I know that your family was supposed to come down here...
but that never happened. What's that... What's it been like?
It's actually been really difficult.
Because I haven't seen my family for the whole summer, you know.
Like Jill...
and a young boy and a little baby who I haven't seen, you know.
And it's not always... It sounds strange, but it's not always easy to call...
when you're, like, so involved in things.
Yeah, they're all calling up my ass.
I mean, months and months of bullshit. You haven't seen any of it.
You haven't seen a second of it.
- She is a whore! - Yeah!
You screaming H-O-R-E.
Well.
Oh, God!
Oh, shit. 11:34. Fuck.
- Alex, can we go, please? - Yeah. I've been waiting for you.
Man, why today? Why I have to find this bird today?
Can you hold the bird?
'Cause you don't hold it. Don't touch it. You touch, she's gonna die.
I'm, like, "Okay, well, if you want me to walk around in a g-string...
"with my legs out, my tits out, fine."
You know, I can do that. I won't break my neck.
I won't ruin the rest of my career.
- Look who it is. - Oh, gosh. She looks so depressed.
Everyone looks so awful.
Everybody looks like they fucking want to run away and hide.
As this troupe continues to reinvent itself, the new incarnation takes shape tonight.
It's one that shows off a lot of flexibility and not much clothing.
Steve, hotel managers say this is what their customers are asking for.
That's what they are telling us. So many customers in Las Vegas are now...
repeat customers, they're getting a little tired of the same old attractions.
And so hotels are trying to jazz things up...
trying to attract customers with cash, and that would be the adults.
Do you worry at all about it being...
Cirque's first topless nudity show?
When you're dealing with the people in the Cirque du Soleil, they are the best.
The most level of success, and, and it's getting edgier here in Las Vegas.
Kind of going back to the way it was in the '50s and '60s.
Joey, at some point I need you to be possessed.
Right, better.
You will have to walk back and disappear.
In the light, Jesus. I don't see you. I don't see you.
There.
Go!
Okay, stop.
Focus, concentration, final speech.
All you guys got to do is fucking sit down there and watch what's going on, on stage.
I know, this is the thing, is they really just want to get this working for tonight.
This isn't what it's going to be.
I don't think it's worth the time to go through and figure it out...
'cause it's not what it's going to be. It's going to change.
Can we do that again?
Okay, stand-by, and, Joey, it starts with your dialogue.
Go.
When I was a little girl...
Mommy and Daddy never let me...
go out at night.
- Where's my dad, anyways? - I think he's downstairs.
Oh, my God. Isn't it supposed to be in a egg still?
I find it in the grass. Yeah.
Was laying down dying, but now it's alive.
I give some water and stuff and now I'm feeling it's alive.
He's so cute.
Like, I don't have not enough complication in my life already.
So God puts this bird in my way now.
Where's Alex?
I don't know. Try out there. He might be out there.
- Up there? - No, no, sweetie.
Over there.
- No, Lewis! - Lewis, no, please. No.
Got you.
Little stinker!
Okay. Listen, I just want to say a word to everybody.
Can I speak to everybody?
- Wassa? - Yes.
Can everybody hear me, even if you're over the other side?
Yes.
I wanna ask you all to do something, okay?
When you hit the front of the stage, to make a point...
of checking the balcony. Take the balcony in...
and then the parterre, the stalls, the...
Does everyone hear that?
Yeah? Will you do it for me?
Yes.
Will you remember?
- Yes. - No.
Okay, thank you very much.
So I'd just like to say, I love you really, really much...
and have a good evening.
I have to be ready in 20 minutes with make-up, and that's not a lot of time.
I've always lived on the edge.
Of course, they don't really... Am I gonna be able to pay my rent?
Am I gonna get arrested?
Am I gonna get killed by some trick...
or, I fly around a lot, but I'm like, "The plane gonna crash this time, or..."
No, it's good, baby.
Cut it loose. Living on the edge.
Hi, Joey. It's Raven. I'm almost there, so...
Bye.
- Bye, take care. - Take care.
- See you. I'll be back. - Okay.
Give me a call, bye.
Fuck.
Andrew.
We wanted to give you this.
- Boy, that's beautiful. Thank you. - Everybody signed it.
The buzz on this show is unbelievable.
There's a tremendous number of VIPs that are out there...
and this is the prelude to the even bigger international premiere on the 20th.
It's gonna be a fabulous show.
Spymonkey, this is your places call. Spymonkey, places, please.
Beautiful.
Okay, Wass?
No, I don't understand why no one's giving me any...
Okay, ladies and gentlemen. Places, please...
stage left, stage right, for...
animation. Places, please, ladies and gentleman, for animation.
Are you guys overdoing the opening?
- Yeah. - Oh, okay.
Okay, honey.
Joey is used to playing, like, in a different kind of environment...
a little bit provocative. That's part of the cabaret tradition.
But, we don't wanna resort to, like, the vulgar.
Eat my pussy, baby
Stay pure. Stay clean.
Plain and proud.
- Can I get a glass of red wine, please? - Sure.
We've been working on this collaboration for three years...
and we are thrilled...
to partner with the number one entertainment company...
anywhere in the world: Cirque du Soleil.
We'll be leaving. Up in front, don't watch. You won't see anything.
No.
You guys have got to be ashamed if you see this show.
Resist. Resist.
'Cause I want you all to be fucked up by the end of the night.
I'm sorry, folks. You guys are so good. Yes.
I just want to take you all home and...
I'm not gonna say that word...
Witch!
Have my eyes been prepared?
How's everyone feeling here? Are you guys still wet and horny?
Did you come?
Fine, fine.
Fuck you, too.
You're so beautiful. Can you give me a little kiss, right here?
That's the magic kiss. Now, we're lesbian sisters.
We're not doing this right, but, you know...
I don't know.
The good thing is, I don't fucking care what the reviews are.
- I do care. - You do care?
Yeah, because Spymonkey will come out well...
from this, if not, everything will be horrible.
Oh, God, the tension.
Look at the audience, man. It was tough, man. It was rough, man.
- What? - Like watching, like, every move.
It doesn't work.
I'm sorry, I'm not going to pretend to be happy tonight.
"Oh, we got away with it." This is fucking shit. Childish Cirque du Soleil clowning.
And these people are better than that.
- We have to talk about it. - Not tonight. Let's celebrate.
Let's celebrate. Come on.
I can't say I would do it again.
Sexually, I'm kind of numb.
I don't have any real friends here.
Why am I here?
You know, my family is in London. I'm here. I'm just doing the show.
There was some gossip, some nasty close-ups from people in town.
Some people who I thought they were kind of my friends...
kind of ripped me, saying, "Joey Arias has no charisma on stage.
"Doesn't know what he's saying.
"Uses a couple of dirty words to get the crowd going.
"And should be wearing sneakers on stage, 'cause he doesn't know...
"how to walk on heels."
There was some guy in the audience, and I guess he'd have been already picking on...
everybody, by the time I got to him and his wife, he told me to fuck off.
- Did you know that? - No.
Oh, yeah, I got closer and I was like, "hey," I said, "Did you climax already?"
He was, like, "Fuck you. Fuck you."
I was like, "what?" He goes, "Fuck you, faggot. Get out of here."
And I just walked away really fast to get away from that energy.
I took Alito back to Miami, you know, I flew him back to Miami.
We're working crazy, so...
I don't really have a lot of time to spend with him, so...
Every night there is new bad reviews. And it's kind of... We're tired.
Read the review, and then go to put your make-up on...
come out and do the show again now.
Spymonkey and Joey got awful, awful reviews...
but we don't take them seriously. I mean, fuck that.
We didn't tell him that the reviews about him have been bad.
- That's why I was saying before. - He knows, for fuck's sake.
- I don't care. - 'Course he reads them.
I don't care, but if he says here, "I don't read them."
It's not respectful.
But, what? Was he really serious when he said that?
Toby, you were here, no?
Is he really serious?
He said, "No, I don't read them. I don't want to know."
Ladies and gentlemen, places for animation.
Well, honey, all I can do... I've taken... You send me the e-mail.
And I'll go up to Bob and tell him everything that we've just discussed...
and then from there, we'll go on.
Yes. I get it.
And what do you have left to do until your wedding?
That's what I don't have to do.
Let's see here. Well, I haven't gotten my...
The design of my dress, yet. So there's still my dress...
which hasn't even been started to be made yet.
A dress doesn't get made overnight, that's for sure.
- Did the invitations happen? - Yes, the invitations have happened.
Let your fantasies...
take you...
to unexpected...
places.
As we get closer to the marriage, I'm starting to ask some...
very serious questions as to what she truly wants.
Because I find a lot of couples get married on a whim.
We've been ironing out those creases recently...
and it's been a little rough, you know?
Her way of dealing with problems is kind of keep quiet...
and let them go away.
A thirteen-year-old little girl...
has been shot to death in North Las Vegas.
Innocent, or just doing business the way it's done.
The tiger that attacked Roy can never perform on stage again.
A lot of the show is very dark...
because I think the people making the show...
don't know how to deal with sexuality in a light way.
The element that's missing from the show is fun and play.
It's just not working.
I'm really absolutely sure in the power that we have.
In the work that we've done. I'm sure we have a bomb in our hands.
This, I'm sure.
Then, with that question, how come we cannot, like, touch that happiness?
It's so there, it's so close...
and, and we're killing it all the time for nothing.
We're losing the truth of the whole thing.
Isn't sex beautiful?
It is if you have a partner.
It fucks up gay guys. You know, they're looking at me going, like...
"This is really weird," you know. A gay man doesn't want to be with a woman.
'Cause that's what this guy told me...
"I like you a lot, but I have to tell you, you know, I'm not into girls. "
I'm like, "I'm not a girl." And he goes...
"You're a girl, and I don't want to hurt your feelings...
"but it's not gonna happen."
My mother was always freaking out, 'cause I used to dye my hair in school...
and tweeze my eyebrows and put make-up on and...
She was just like, "I don't know what to do with you."
I told her I was going on a two-week vacation...
but I really was just, like, taking off already.
And then, a day or two, my mother was like, "I just want to know one thing.
"Are you a homosexual?"
Had literally said it for the first time.
And I said to her and my father, I said, "You know what?
"I love mankind."
And they just went... My father goes, "Don't be smart.
"What's the answer? Are you gay or what?"
I was like, "Figure it out," and I just walked out the house.
That's a boy!
He's fucking... That's a goddamn boy!
My grandmother died about three days ago.
Got a phone call from my dad saying...
you know, "Can you come home, love?"
So, once my dad gets on the phone, you kind of know.
And I'm so excited to go home.
Apart from the circumstances, but, you know.
Yeah.
It's a tough life.
And it's for sure, I'm like... I make mistakes. We all make mistakes.
It's all very tough.
The blame was that I didn't create a chemistry.
And I don't know how you create a chemistry.
It was just impossible.
Fucking tough, man.
And what we didn't count on was...
that we might be working for somebody other than Andrew...
in charge.
Which seems to be what's happening now.
So, we have the first station here.
Then, second one is here with Jesus, with Jacobo, and Wassa.
Then you would go there with the pieces for Jonel...
and I want Mumta over here with Danièle Béchard.
Then, you will go straight there, Antonio, you're right behind there.
You carry that...
16-12.
It's gonna be battle of the emcees.
Good morning
Ladies and gentlemen
You know, you have the much older emcee.
For all the, you know, senior citizens.
Then you have the younger hipper emcee for the MTV crowd.
I signed a contract for ten shows a week...
and I worked my ass off creating this path for myself.
I'm not gonna be fucked.
You know, I could do these shows.
Okay, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. And again...
Okay, what's the love story in between Alex and Agnès? I want to know that.
I think it would be a shame not to develop what...
you are establishing together.
Some moment where the audience would know who you are.
Laetitia, Anton and Jesse are back this evening.
Like, I went home, and they were, like, "Oh, my gosh, are you anorexic?
"You look like some alien freak."
What?
Going home, I just lost it.
Everything came out with what's going on here and how...
this has been an emotional roller coaster in itself.
But then, my mum just looked at what I've achieved. And I have.
Yeah, my mum reminded me of that and my dreams...
and why I am here, and what it can do for me.
I'm dreadful when I'm at home. I always walk around naked.
And my dad's like, "Will you put some bloody clothes on?"
I was like, "Dad, I walk around on stage like this every night. "
And his face went white.
I kind of was, like, "Oh, my gosh. I do. I do that."
Like that. But remember, don't try to drive like giving like you always do.
This is perfect. That's good.
- We're staying on the right side? - Yeah.
Wow.
Who says French people suck when they drive?
Alex accidentally sent an e-mail to me...
which was supposed to go to Agnès, and it sparked a little suspicion.
So I really need to talk with him.
It's killing me. Inside, it's killing me.
It's not good for me. It's not good for the baby.
I don't know what we're gonna do.
Some stuff you cannot hide, you know.
You have stuff that, you know, like, you know...
I think when people love you, people know you, they will see you, you know, so...
Grace know. Grace know I'm a troublemaker.
She met me... We been through so much, man.
She know I'm a troublemaker. It just follow me everywhere, you know.
It's kind of little bit...
Little bit crazy. You know you're gonna hurt someone.
Two hours, man. You're gonna be here in two hours.
... hotel. It's the grand international gala premiere...
of the controversial and very sexy Cirque show Zumanity.
I'm gonna introduce Joss to Vegas...
I really miss Alex.
I'm excited and I'm nervous at the same time.
This whole time apart and now...
finally I get to see what has become of all of this.
I don't know if I did quite tell him that there was an orgy.
That's all that runs through my head.
I'm like, "He hasn't seen me for four, five months.
"And the first thing he's gonna see is an orgy. "
Knock 'em dead, baby.
Knock 'em dead.
Show them what you know it's all about.
She's so sweet.
- How much do you love him? - How much do I love him?
Oh, I love him very, very much. I wouldn't be marrying him if I didn't love him.
- Can we have Jonel? - Yeah.
- Was it love at first sight? - Yeah, it was, actually.
- Both ways? I mean, you definitely felt it? - Yeah.
That's very romantic.
The age factor kind of had Jonel intimidated.
- How old are you? - I'm 32.
You look young. You look 23, 24 or something.
- You know, she's 21, you're 32, that's close. - Yeah.
Hey.
Boy, I know. I know.
Laika.
This is disgusting.
Hi, how are you?
Here, straight, straight, straight.
- Let me see, that car right there? - It's kind of hot in here.
All I can say is, at this point, I'm just like...
keep smiling, keep, like, having a good time, because...
It really is... There could be more horrible things in your life.
There's always gonna be someone who'll want to throw a pie in your face.
That's why, whatever happens, the minute I walk on the stage...
I just have to like... It's me now. I have to go out there and sell this thing.
Hey, baby.
- How are you? - How you doing?
- Look at your hair. - How's everything?
- How are you? - I'm all right.
How's everything? Good?
It's all right.
It's okay, it's okay. It's all right.
Okay?
You're doing okay. I'm gonna have to go back there.
It's okay, I'll be back.
Okay. To the back, it's just...
Baby, it's all right.
I don't want to start crying or anything, I just want to hug you first.
I want my diamond, God damn it! That's what I'm getting tonight!
You're getting your engagement ring? Oh, my God. Really, tonight?
Yeah.
I'm just making Aitor's penis even smaller.
- We just need it to be... - Like the size of a peanut.
You know. Correct.
And this is a little bit bigger than his real penis.
- It's not true. - What's that?
Look.
My peanut is bigger, you see? Oh no! It's not!
... gentlemen, this is your 10-minute call to animation.
Ten-minute call to animation, Antonio, Eliot, ten minutes please.
Ten minutes, please.
Are we nervous? We're always a little nervous.
It's like opening a Broadway show...
except even bigger, and even more spectacular.
Red carpets, big stars, opening night.
This is one show that has a lot of people talking...
including many celebrities.
- I'm very excited to see all the people. - Yeah, all the naked people.
Sure. Why not? It's Vegas.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Bling-bling.
Enjoy the show.
It's the premiere of Zumanity and all the freaks are out.
Vegas is Vegas. You know, it's Vegas.
We stopped by the red carpet at the Zumanity gala...
and asked the king of sexuality his opinion.
Family values have their place, but that place is not Vegas.
Marriage, huh?
Oh, the looks on everybody's faces.
She's like, "What the fuck are you doing? Crazy girl."
So many beautiful women out there. It's beautiful, guy.
That's unbelievable.
- There's a beautiful one behind you. - I know, baby, but I see you every...
I see you every day, baby. You know?
You always want to see different things, you know.
Yeah.
Do you really want to see...
- tits? - Yeah!
Big ones! Big fat nipples!
Ladies, do you want to see...
huge genitalia swinging?
Two big crowds tonight. They're both sold out.
The day we've been waiting for.
Good evening
ladies and gentlemen
Stage show. Stage show.
- What happened at the end of your part? - It's the best it's ever been.
- Really? - Yeah. I think so.
Sit back and relax...
because there's a sensuous...
desire that comes alive in this world we call...
Zumanity!
My God! It's so great! Great house.
Oh, my God. Just look at their faces. It was, like...
I'm taking your bra off.
- No, you're fucking not. - Better believe it.
I will kick your fucking ass if you do. I'm not joking you.
Come on, swear a little more, Jonel.
I don't care if there's a camera in my face, Jesse. I'm serious.
I don't want you to.
Jonel, of course you do, 'cause your drama is huge right now.
- A few more swear words. - Dickhead.
She wants to change the show and not have her bra taken off.
- Now, are you horny tonight? - I sure am.
- Where's the man to be? - He's home with the dog.
Now that we've come to this point, I want us all to climax together.
I want you to make this theater shake like crazy.
I want you to yell to the top of your lungs and make it loud. Come, now.
- Oh, yeah! - Oh!
- Yes, Joey! - Yes!
- Yes! Yes! - Yes! Yes!
I told you she's in a rowboat.
And she's getting married. Her tits almost popped out.
Oh, it's so good to see you again, Joey.
Yes, my God. I mean, you're gonna be here forever, aren't you?
Joan Collins, we love you!
- One second. - She is a goddess!
All that hard work paid off.
Something went right.
All to myself.
It's all right.
- Well, we got through, we survived. - Oh, yes, Toby, didn't we?
- Toby, that was great. - Eh?
- Yeah, that was fun. You had fun, eh? - Came out good, huh?
Aye, came out all right. We're good, we're good.
Cheese only tastes better when it gets older.
Yeah, yeah.
Are you happy or what?
Well, no, it was all right. For me, it was all right.
It was okay.
I've never really been more proud of Alex.
So that was hard.
It was hard to...
It was hard to sit there and be so happy and so proud.
But, at the same time, watch him...
interact with his partner, Agnès.
And in some of the scenes, it was really hard.
- Go hug your mother. Go hug your mother. - I saw Mom.
You saw Mom?
Oh, no. What scared us...
What scared us was all the mass reviews...
that we've been hearing back home...
of everybody, including your fiancé...
walking out of the show.
I don't really recommend it for those who might be emotionally involved...
with some of the dancers, you know.
Unfortunately there are some unexpected scenes that crept up on me.
A little more explicit than I was expecting.
For me, it's hard to believe in marriage, because I've never seen one fully work.
But I still believe that it can work, if you have the willingness to make it work.
Leaving things behind and starting something new, it's a scary thing to do.
Of course I'm gonna do my best because I truly do love Jonel with all my heart.
And I do want her to be happy, and she definitely makes me happy.
He's my man.
We'll ride it as long as we can.
Only time will tell if we'll make it.
And brekkie is served.
Thanks, love.
My pleasure.
Alex says one thing, you know, he says that...
that she's not the one that he loves. That I'm the one that he loves.
You know, he says that he wants to work on the relationship.
And I'd like to do that because there's nothing more...
that I would want...
than for Alex to be here.
To be around, and be a part of the baby's life, as well as mine.
But it's too soon right now to tell anything.
You know, I don't know what's gonna happen.
You know, what happens when I leave here on Sunday?
Alex is by himself again. Alone.
He's obviously not a very strong-willed man.
You look beautiful! You're getting married, shit. Hi.
Hold on! Pins at her back.
I know that you are all that I have ever desired.
With every beat of my heart...
I will love you unconditionally...
for all eternity.
This, I solemnly vow.
It gives me great pleasure by the power vested in me by the State of Nevada...
to say "Amen," and "The deed is done."
You may kiss your beautiful bride. Kiss your handsome groom.
Ladies and gentleman, a little celebration and applause, as I introduce to the world...
for the very first time...
Mr. And Mrs. Vseva and Jonel.
- Here we go. - Hey.
Come now, I'm not done.
Thank you.
Kiss right on the cheek.
Just tell the doctor that I'm on the way.
Hayden.
Hayden. Hey, baby.
Hey. Hey.
- There you go. - Oh, boy.
- There you go. - Thank you.
All right. Here we go now.
After I left Vegas, unfortunately I'd found out that he...
he just couldn't let that relationship with Agnès go.
So, I completely ended it...
and I realized, you know what? I was expecting way too much.
I wish I can just stop right now and just, you know...
come back to Miami and then, you know...
live a happily, marry, you know.
Happily with a family. You know, like...
like a fairy tale, you know, happy forever after, you know.
It's really sad that I have to put her through all this shit, you know.
I tried to look for something wrong, and it's nothing wrong with her, you know.
It's me.
You know, that's what just pissed me off. You know, it's painful.
You know, it's just like... You're like... You know, I can tell it would be easier...
I can tell you, "Okay, you know what, there's something wrong with her...
"and she got..." There's nothing wrong with her.
I don't know why I just...
I don't love her, you know. I don't know, I just...
You know, my heart is somewhere else...
and it's really complicated, you know.
I make everything so complicated. I don't know why.
I tell you, this job, it can have...
really a toll on your personal life.
And Jill has been left to deal with so many things in my absence.
She's done an amazing job. Because the boys are brilliant.
Dillon, I didn't see him for the first year of his life.
Nicholas, I just feel like I'm just...
re-contacting and re-establishing a relationship.
Just trying to make sense of it at the moment.
Which is not easy at all. You know, not easy.
- I'm gonna punch it! - I'm gonna take that ladder to the top.
Monkeys.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your five-minute call for animation...
step out of your door.
Now, Raven's doing two of the shows.
People are very excited about Raven being here.
Everyone loves Raven.
Raven fit in like that.
This is your cabaret!
This is your party. So sit back and relax. I mean, have a cocktail.
Because the more you drink, the more beautiful I look.
Yeah
This is home. It's not New York.
It's not Berlin, it's not Paris. It's Las Vegas.
Kiss me
Hold me
Love me
- All night long - All night long
Never, never
Get up and go
Laika!
Oh, yeah, I think, yeah.
I don't know, I think...
I don't know, me and Agnès, you know, been thinking, you know, a lot of change.
And we're gonna move together in January.
You never know. You know, like, life can change, things can change...
whatever. But, you know...
At this time, at this moment, I know what I want...
and, you know.
So, I think that's what it's gonna be.
All's well that ends well, I suppose, you know.
Thank you.