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I agree.Galaxies, Jupiiers Casino. By PETER DEAN Electronic sleight of hand and talent FROM somewhere in space to the big finish with Advance Australia Fair sung by the full cast, Galaxies is a triumph of electronic legerdemain, show business pizzazz and talent a?╟╓plenty. It?╟╓s an outstanding monument to glitz. Presiding genius Jerry Jackson has conceived, directed, choreographed, co-written the original music and lyrics, and designed the costumes for Jupiters Casino's second extravaganza, aided by a gifted team. Expectations are that it will run for a year in the International Showroom, but no doubt that will turn out to be a conservative estimate. All that?╟╓s lacking is comedy. What there is comes from the leader of Los Gauchos Latinos ?╟÷ three men and a girl who thump drums and twirl weighted ropes. They appear for only about 10 minutes but their effect is electric. Jackson has moulded an array of stunning production numbers, state of the art lighting effects (masterminded by Donn Byrnes) and a sharp score, performed by Doug Surman and his 15 indefatigable musicians, into a spectacular whole. It is, in a word, dazzling. Literally so, at least twice. This show must have cost a fortune, but the management has got its money?╟╓s worth. On Saturday?╟╓s opening night there wasn?╟╓t a detectable hitch in a stage managing plot that would have stretched the London Palladium pantomime crew at its peak. Jackson?╟╓s theme is time travel. After a fling on Venus where men are extinct and passing astronauts quickly seized for stud purposes in a tasteful, symbolic ballet, we go tangoing in 1929 Buenos Aires and join in Storyville street marches and blues in 1915. Of course, there are slow patches. There is dancing in abundance and some of it goes on too long. But there are three white horses trotting towards the audience. Now, how many shows can say that?