When this free show at The Rio was known as the Masquerade Show in the Sky it was a fluffy, lightweight bit of silliness that involved giant floats running on tracks above the casino floor with people throwing beads while loud music blared. They still have that, but now they are populated by barely clothed men and women who gyrate, bump, grind, and generally make spectacles of themselves.

There was also a song and dance portion of the program on a big stage in the middle of the casino that had talented performers doing pop songs and generally pumping up the audience. That's still there but now the dancers are pumping each other in simulated erotica that includes, in the later shows, a faux-orgy in a giant bed.

Look, I'm not a prude - far from it. And I will admit that there is a lot of eye candy for both men and women and they are good dancers and singers and... I don't know... gyraters I guess... but instead of being sexy or titillating the whole thing comes across as crass and tasteless.

Similar to the adult makeover that the pirate show at Treasure Island received, the sexification of the Show in the Sky has turned what was a harmless bit of brain candy into something that is totally not worth your time and effort to go see.

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