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The Perfect American, a fictional account of the final months of Walt Disney's life, is a visually rhythmic flow of scenic magic on a.
The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney's life, including mythical imaginings of Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol..
Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera at Sydney Festival makes magicians tragic heroes
The 50-year career of Siegfried & Roy — Las Vegas's highest-paid magic act — came to a gruesome end in 2003.
It was October 3, Roy Horn's 59th birthday, and he was performing alongside his long-time professional (and one-time romantic) partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, in front of about 1,500 people at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
The casino had been the duo's home since 1989, when they signed a multi-year contract worth $US50 million ($80.7 million) to play six shows a week for 44 weeks a year.
Their act went beyond magic tricks and illusions though, incorporating rare white lions and tigers the couple would breed at their home.
On that fateful night in October, Siegfried & Roy were joined on stage by a seven-year-old white tiger named Mantacore that Horn had raised since it was three weeks old.
Mid-act, Mantacore mauled Horn, biting into his neck and dragging him off