Weekend highlights

Noel Holston; Staff Writer

04/27/2001

Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul

- Another documentary about Vegas? Yeah, but this one's different. "Lost in Las

Vegas" (8 p.m. Sunday, A&E) forgoes the usual solemn dissection of Sin City in

favor of a semi-ironic examination of second-tier entertainers. It follows the

"adventures" of Wayne Catanian and Kieron Lafferty, two Canadian "Blues Brothers"

imitators, who audition for the popular and hard-to-get-into "Legends" show, hoping

to take their place alongside the fake Elvis, Little Richard and Bette Midler. Catanian

and Lafferty are smart and funny, full of hope but acutely aware of the absurdity

around them. The film is another big score from Paul Jay, who directed the splendid

wrestling documentary "Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows."