"BestOfVegas"
04/05/08 -see other reviews-
 Attitude - 4 Eye Candy - 4 Price - 4
"Bette Midler unleashes her 'most divine divine'"
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times
"Bette Midler is brash, funny, schmaltzy, surprising, poignant, charming, provocative, witty, bawdy and, of course, divine. She knows where Hollywood keeps its skeletons, and she's not afraid to throw open closet doors and drag out what she finds within. She's an absolute master of the stinging put-down, she can belt a big, brassy ballad second to none, do a bit of hoofing and is a former Academy Award nominee to boot.
So how come nobody ever got Miss M to host the Oscars?"
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"Midler Shines in Some Parts"
From Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"...It's perfectly understandable that the shakiest segment is not only the one that attempts to do something new, but also one that pulls the focus away from the star: the big, satiric production number built around Midler's mermaid character Delores DeLago.
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And it will surprise no one, or at least it shouldn't, that the most touching moment is Midler sitting on the stage steps and strumming a ukulele to "The Glory Of Love."
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All Midler seems to need is time to be herself, or at least the persona she's created for herself. And that's never been much of a problem."
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