Prototype82
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I fear execs feel that guests are too dumb to notice that the main component of the show is gone. Shameful.
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News Bollywood Beats coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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GlacierGlacier
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From what I've learned, the shamans (ying/yang and their support) were local (US) actors/performers. These cultural acts are done though contract with other companies, allowing them to bring authentic performances to the states.
This is therefore not drawing from the same part of the budget that RoL's shamans did.
Of course, I wish RoL would get its shamans back. But these two are not intrinsically tied.
Also, cutting shamans eliminated at a minimum 6 staff (including the actors) per show - the four shamans/supports and two pilots, in case the automated nav system onboard the shaman's boats failed. Likely more backstage for costume, makeup, actor support. So it's not just as simple an employee comparison as 5 to 4, either.
Hopefully not much more thanks to all the construction they completed back there this past fall. The stage is pulled back from the walkway a bit, hopefully drawing viewing guests from the main walkway.
Prototype82
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Agree to disagree. The show is cringingly bad now. Before the cut it was my favorite nighttime experience. It lacks any kind of kinetic energy or context without them. Just my opinion though.
jaxonp
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Two characters that made shadow puppets missing makes the show cringingly bad now? hmmm
Prototype82
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What's cringy is shadows with no one casting them, shadow projections not connecting to missing props, sequences of empty spot-lit boats set to music where it feels obvious that something should be happening. Yes. I stand by what I said. I saw it once without them and that was enough. They gave it heart. They transitioned the scenes beautifully and gave it that extra wow factor. They made the "ceremony" happen. Without them, it's a bunch of pretty things with no story. But that's just my opinion.
Amused to Death
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LOL! I originally read this as going to Bollywood beats going to Animal Kingdom. 
FigmentJedi
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Try to imagine Fantasmic without Mickey or any other costumed characters. Like the opening sequence is just a bunch of lights projected onto the mountain, an empty series of canoes during Pocahontas, the dragon dying for no reason, and a Ghost Steamboat at the very end.
The Shamans aren't just shadow puppeteers, they're actively conjuring and conducting the animal spirits throughout the whole thing. Boats with shadows cast from nowhere don't really cut it. They were the glue holding it all together.
JohnD
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Fair enough.
Here are some pictures from the Bollywood Beats
Flynnwriter
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Bollywood.... animals... hmmm?
Nice. But shouldn't there be 40 girl dancers on one side and 40 boy dancers on the other amplifying the dance and romantic tension of the two lead dancers?
Cmdr_Crimson
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Oohhh, Okay...I know where this is now..Last time I was there was early 2018 it was still A stroller corral before they moved it to the former M&G area was and it had a snack stand...I'd get a hot dog there every now and then while I was back there...
BoarderPhreak
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I miss the Bhangra Dance Party...
