We went to see Quidam on Saturday. What a lovely way to spend over $300. I'm always very impressed by the acts and the music. The clowns for this show were fantastic and the two crowd participation acts they did were hilarious. The air conditioners failed to some degree yesterday and it made it very humid and uncomfortable in the tent. If I have one critique of Cirque, it's that I don't understand the bit characters that stand around and watch the action striking a different pose with every punctuation of music. Had I not read the paragraph describing the show on their website before we went, I would have had no idea what was going on! I may have made an educated guess after viewing the show, but in reality, it's a bunch of really cool acts with tremendous performers with weird transitions and even weirder (more weird?) characters. I get the giggles sometimes because as I'm watching a brilliant balancing act, out of the corner of my eye I catch a dude that looks like Uncle Fester (wearing boxing gloves?) doing Madonna's Vogue. I would be just as happy if an emcee introduced each act and the music stopped, but I guess this is far more artistic. I would assume a lot of the audience is there because of the supposed artistic value of the shows. I can assure you, however, that I am there to simply witness the athleticism and competence of the performers themselves. The artistic value is fourth in line for me after the performances, comedy and music. Maybe fifth if you count some of the skimpy outfits.
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Saw Cirque one time in San Francisco... a most wonderful place to watch gay contortionists by the way!
Just curious if Thing balanced himself by a single hangnail atop a tightrope made of fishing line 50 feet above the stage.
Did Lerch and Morticia display any new positions? I heard Gomez was getting a bit bored with the Italian Chandelier!
Joking aside, those performers do some amazing stuff. But all things considered, I'd just as soon watch a day of training camp in Latrobe, given the air conditioning situation and all.
oh, i totally agree. i'm just saying if my daughter wants to go see a show, i'd rather spend $225 for 3 Cirque tickets than $120 for Disney on Ice. She's kind of grown out of the kiddie shows anyway so at least it's something she enjoys that isn't even marketed to her in any way, shape or form. If it's the Cheetah Girls concert or a live production of anything (like Lion King)...you get the picture. I can either spend money and hate every second or spend more money but be entertained. Dog is right though, $300 for tickets, parking, snacks buys a lot of beer! However, gleaming eyes of little princess? Priceless.
Pleasing any Princess is not only priceless, it's damn near impossible!! Very rewarding when it's accomplished however.
But hey, $300 = over 30 cases of Old German at the Pechin Distributor, right?
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