"Circus Of The Stars" For 21st Century Out To Destroy Its Stars

Bryan Christian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:28:00 GMT

Will Celebrity Circus -- the NBC revival of the whole "famous people can do circus stuff too" phenom that premieres tomorrow night at 9:30 -- be as awe-inspiring and potentially litigious as CBS's original, the 1970's Circus of the Stars, which, as you may note above, took considerable care to sexualize and endanger a pre-teen Brooke Shields?

Our answer is "maybe."

In the con camp: the "celebrities" in it are kind of has-beens. In the pro camp: they're dropping like flies.

Christopher Knight fractured his forearm while practicing with the German Wheel, a giant disc he failed to control. Stacey Dash cracked three ribs climbing "the silks," a length of fabric suspended 30 feet in the air. And during a rehearsal, Olympic swimmer Janet Evans fell 15 feet from a trapeze.

The inevitable product of creative bankruptcy in the industry crossed with the writers strike or a twisted plot to rid the world of e-list celebs? Why can't we them both? You've got murder in my televised banality!

Hey, wanna see TV's Wonder Woman get knives thrown at her by the guy from The Fugitive? We just knew you would!

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"Circus Of The Stars" For 21st Century Out To Destroy Its Stars