Oh, Valentine’s Day. How tired and over commercialized you can become and yet I still love you. This year, I wanted to do something a little untraditional, so I was really excited to see Fleur de Lethal Cinematheque partnering with the Bagdad to screen True Romance that day. It’s one of my man friend’s «top 5 movies of all time» so I surprised him by taking him there. Since it was Valentine’s Day, I splurged and got the VIP pass — $ 25 for 2 admission tickets, a bottle of bubbly and some chocolate covered strawberries. Some constructive criticism. It would have been fantastic if we could have purchased our tickets in advance. I understand that they might not want to do that for the general admission tickets, but it would be great if it was an option for the pricier seats. I also felt like there was some disorganization in getting people their goodies or getting a sensible line formed. We hope to attend more of these random events in the future.
Evelyn P.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Portland, OR
Moulin Rouge at The Bagdad was one of the best times I had in years! It was Fleur de Lethal’s first show of this type; my friends and I had a fabulous time. I might mention that I do not drink — at all and did not find the crowd drunk or annoying. The only issue I had was it was hard to hear the host & hostess from the stage because they were not mic’d but not a big deal. The dancing was great — the circus act was absolutely enchanting — the dance contest was fabulous. There was a young woman who was AMAZING and honestly it was a toss up between her and the young man who won but he won on personality as well as his dancing. One of the highlights of the night. Anyone considering attending one of these events keep this in mind; when a screening says — burlesque, dance contest, costume contest, sing-a-long fully expect people to be talking and noisy. That is the whole idea is to get out of your tightly wound self and have some fun. I am going to see Cabaret, taking a group of friends and fully expect to have a fabulous time secretly hoping however to annoy some chick with her panties in a knot.
Skylar L.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Van Nuys, CA
When I saw that Moulin Rouge would play at the Bagdad I was gitty. When I found out that for just $ 10 I could get VIP seating AND a free glass of champagne I was overjoyed. When I found out there would be entertainment before the movie I had to sit down. It was just too exciting. I picked up tickets for the uncles and me a couple days in advanced. No way was I missing this. We got there on the early side before doors, and, as only a man on stilts and some scantily dressed chicks were outside the theater, we decided to go and spend some time in the small Powell’s across the street. By the time we got back, both the ticket holder line and the ticketless line were both long. The electricity was palpable; everyone was excited. Looking forward to the events ahead, the line seemed to move quickly. The Bagdad is the perfect venue for this kind of thing. I give them serious kudos for that. Unfortunately, they don’t serve the promised champagne, just wine. I like wine and all(understatement), but I was looking forward to some bubbly. We were all settled, poised for the show to begin, when all of a sudden we hear someone shouting. We look around and see a dude in a very artsy, ringmasteresque getup. Then we hear another voice, this time a woman’s. We look and see a woman dressed in a teddy. They both spoke in, well, Theatrical accents. You know, the country of Theatre? The one where many a high school student defects to? It’s not British, it’s just over the top and extremely obnoxious. Finally the tête-à-tête between the two hosts stopped. Hey, they thought they were amusing. Then the four person burlesque show began. As neither my uncles nor I are in to chicks, just showing bare patches of skin doesn’t cut it. It has to be a good show. It has to be entertaining. The performers have to look like they are not hostages told to put on a show for their captors. I felt bad watching them. I felt like an enabler. Not soon enough, they left the stage. The hosts came back. Again, anything but funny. (I can’t remember the sequence of the following vignettes, but stick with it) The two competitions were entertaining. The cancan was fun. The dude who won was hilarious. Why couldn’t he have hosted the night? The costume contest was great as well. Some people really dressed to the nines. I don’t know what was up to that one person who dressed up in the animal-ish costume. Was that an Obama mask? The circus show — a lion tamer and three ‘lions’ was awesome. The man and two women did all these acrobatics but retained a catlike quality throughout. It was the one part of the night that I could have seen gone on a bit longer. At last it was movie time. I was all ready to get my sing on. There was a slight hiccup where the movie had to restart, but it was all good. How could it not be? It’s Moulin Rouge for crying out loud. The problem with serving alcohol is this: Soon the hecklers come out in full force. Sure the entire program sounded cool, but the unks and I were there for the movie. By the end, the people around us were so loud we just couldn’t pay attention to the movie. It was just so annoying, so infuriating. We all left disappointed, to put it mildly.
