#81...and Cher takes the final bow..

                   

Well, the crowd never thought to sit down again, so Bud and I were sentenced to watching the entire rest of the show from our $83.00 uncomfortable seats via the twin Cher big screen TV's.  Could only have had a better more comfortable seats..

at home, I tell ya. 

True to Hollywood, and Las Vegas, her plastic surgeon, her makeup artist, her dress and set designer, Cher.... looked.... "mahvelous."  She did not look her 55 odd some years.  She was still fit and trim, and even allowed us to see just the slightest hint of upper arm jiggle - and on big screen TV's, nonetheless.  Cher sang and did her signature Cher walk back and forth along the stage. She went through at least five or six big flamboyant feathery costume changes. All over the top, all completely Cher.

While we waited for her changes, we were shown montages on her big screen tv's of all the moments in Cher's lengthy and varied career. Surprisingly, the highlight of the highlights was when she paid tribute to Sony.  Boy, did he let her shine. He had a great smile.  He loved her.  She loved him.  We mourned him.  We missed him.  We understood the divorce, but we never wanted it...for them, or us...still.

                                              

 We took noticeof just how much she has accomplished, how much she has seen, how much she has done. (I just didn't know.) Such an amazing career - She has worked with almost everyone of importance in Hollywood. She sang, she danced, she acted, she married, she metamorphed. She made babies, she divorced, she set fashion trends, she met presidents, she traveled, she seduced the navy boys. She made us laugh, she made us cry, she made us jealous (it's not fair she should get all  the good genes.)  She gave us tabloids. She entertained. (She still does.) She woo'ed the multitudes. She gave us memories - hers, and our own.

She survived. 

And when she gave us her last bow,

she earned my applause..

as well as my respect. 

All hail the Diva Royale!

Damnit, she earned it.

(Great goat horn kudo's to you too, Cher.)

PS:  Watch out for Tommy, Tommy Drake that is.  Remember his name.  He's gonna be big I tell ya.

 

(ta da!)