By BILL BRIOUX
Toronto Sun
The sillier side of hero worship can
be found in Lost In Los Vegas, a
true-life documentary which
completely erases the line between
fantasy and reality. The two-hour
Canadian production, directed by
Paul Jay (Hitman Hart: Wrestling
With Shadows), debuts tomorrow
night at 9 p.m. on A&E.
Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty
have a dream: To be the new Blues
Brothers. The Toronto duo leave
their families, dust off their fedoras,
black suits and shades and head to
that temple of distortion, Las Vegas,
to enter an audition at a "Legends"
impersonators show.
"Vegas is a place where our core
values are put to the ultimate
challenge," says Jay. "A thick veil of
alcohol, sex and drugs creates the
illusion of success and happiness."
The Blues Brothers always were
pretty surreal. Were Dan Aykroyd and
John Bellushi trying to become legit
rockers or just goofing around? To
aspire to be a clone of a sham is
about as far removed from reality as
you can get.
That's why setting it all in Vegas
makes so much sense. Watching the
bogus Blues Brothers chat up a
phony Elvis and a mock Tom Jones,
not to mention an illegit Little Richard,
has to be seen to be believed.