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Good riddance. I've never liked the circus. 1) I know it's very individual, but when it comes to the arts (as opposed to work), I've always liked soulful perf
by croon 9y ago
Good riddance.
I've never liked the circus.
1) I know it's very individual, but when it comes to the arts (as opposed to work), I've always liked soulful performance over replicability. I'd rather take Bob Dylans or Tom Waits terrible singing (while excellent songwriting), over kick-ass scales and guitar riffs of Dreamtheater (the circus in this scenario).
While I can appreciate the skill behind Yngwe Malmsteens playing (or more current examples), or doing flips 20 feet in the air between hanging in rings, it's not something I enjoy watching/hearing.
2) Clowns are creepy, and I don't like slapstick.
3) The concept of the circus is 250 years old (in its modern form), and just in the last 10 years you can see more impressive feats on youtube (or some street corners), where everyone can get a venue.
4) Animal cruelty.
TLDR; It's antiquated and serves no purpose anymore (IMHO).
- narrator 9y agoCirque de Soleil is still around, but they cater to people who want a classy, but more kid friendly, and arguably more consistently entertaining alternative to theater.
- croon 9y agoYeah, they're not for me either, but at least they're trying to evolve the concepts.
- Allower 9y agoand CdS is retarded as well. waste of fucking money.
- baldfat 9y agoMore kid friendly? I would say the opposite they are more adult friendly then Ringling. Also Glob Trotters, Disney on Ice and Marvel Live have taken over and owned by the same company.
- narrator 9y agoMore kid friendly and consistently entertaining than theater, not Ringling. I say more consistently entertaining, because you never know what you're going to get with theater. .
- baldfat 9y agoTheater is NEVER kid friendly unless it is Barney Live. Even the High School Productions are kind of over the top for my taste. The last one I saw and I knew better was "Rent" for High School. Then the next year was "Chicago".
- Matachines 9y agoNice blog post.
- LordKano 9y agoThe only purpose it ever served was entertainment. Now, without one of the biggest draws, people aren't going. On one hand, I'm happy to hear that they'll no longer be mistreating animals but on the other hand, let's not pretend that those of us who wear fur or leather or eat meat are somehow less responsible for animal cruelty.
- 13of40 9y agoI believe that someone who eats chicken is less cruel than someone who enslaves and tortures an elephant for several decades.
- kingkawn 9y agoThe world consumes 50 billion chickens a year.
- 13of40 9y agoChickens are stupid and we try not to torture them. Elephants are smart and we steal them from their mothers, chain them up, break their spirits, beat them, etc. Don't Tell me you can't see any difference.
- chris_wot 9y agoChickens aren't really stupid.
- irrational 9y agoYou've obviously never spent any time around chickens. They are not stupid by any means. They are able to solve problems, they are social, they have individual personalities.
- blincoln 9y agoHave you ever seen how chickens are raised for mass-scale meat production? I used to catch the bus across the street from a chicken-processing plant. They live in cages that are just large enough for the chicken itself, and the cages are stacked quite high, so that except for the top level, all of them are constantly getting waste dumped on them by the chickens further up in the stack. Seems pretty torturous to me.