text: How the mighty are fallen nnStarting with a silly selfcongratulatory video montage of three decades of celebrities mentioning his name this pretty much sums up the shows unintended theme resting on ones laurels nnAside from two or three illusions of the type that made him famous Copperfield speeds unconvincingly through his wellrehearsed lines and then slows to a crawl through several laborious setups in which audience members are chosen to assist with what are on a few occasions mediocre stunts of hand magic two dull instances of paper magically hovering above his palmnnMidway through the show the audience is asked once again to indulge the artist in a lengthy video featuring an example of the type of magic he once did and for which we all came but frustratingly we will not get to see during this performancennThis was not the show we paid handsomely to see featuring the type of blockbuster magic that made him famous The disappointment is immediate as one enters what must be one of the ugliest show rooms in Vegas Copperfields heart just does not seem to be in it and it is painfully obviousnnNot recommended