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22 comments:
"OH MY GOD"
As a new person to the circus world and a elephant enthusiast
what the hell are they thinking? Looks like the dumbest show on earth.
Notice how perfectly all the elephants tricks are syncronized. It's a performance masterpiece. All the wackos running around make the elephants look even slower than they are. I wonder how long before one of them decides "the heck with this" and takes off. And of course, since the policy seems to be to keep the bullhook hidden, who's going to stop them.
A GOOD ELEPHANT NUMBER TURNED INTO A PIECE OF CRAP!!!!
AND I'M NOT ANONYMOUS, I'M BILL STRONG
I'm not sure "Touched by an Ankus" is the miraculous solution --
The producer has another clip on that site which appears to star her dancing on the ring. It has one young elephant that does a gorgeous conga kick, kick as they exit. Best in show.
Do you know if this was taken during, uh, on-the-job training? emergency fill-ins hired at 3PM? auditions?
With that lighting and music, it seems like an improv workshop titled "Why We Rehearse," or one of those jokes about what you find between elephants' toes.
Lotliza
i have to disagree with mr strong -that was NEVER a good ele number! i couldn't figure out if it was a dance number or an ele act!
the ele response rate reminds me of the first time i presented: the animals knew the act better than i did and were "giving me the finger" the whole time, LOL. (yes, i can laugh about it NOW...) surely these eles aren't doing the same here?
actually, the eles seem just as bored with this part of the act as the audience. i can only imagine the effect of watching the whole act.
"touched by an ankus" - i'm still giggling over that one...
I'd rather have knitting needles jammed into my eyes than pay to sit through a show like THAT!!!
How much open contempt must you have for your audience to charge premium prices and present THAT to "Children of All Ages"?
Ick!
I thought arterward that I may have jumped to conclusion, when I realized, I really didn't watch the elephants that much,which is also a point.
I'm sure people get tired of me talking about Circus Krone, but at least there the "production", takes place behind the act, so it really doesn't detract.
Yes Ladies and Gentlemen...you can have the pleasure of seeing this elephant routine in PREMIUM SEATS when the show plays BOSTON in the fall for the outrageous price of $96.50 per ticket. I kid you not, you fine citizens of Circusland, just check out the RBBB website.
As the Dutchess said, "Oh my God!" It really is as bad as described on the Blog.
The "producer" should be found between the elephants toes. I never dreamed a producer could make an elephant look bad!!!! Honeymoon must be over and the bride back in charge,
If this is the future of the Greatest Show on Earth, Please, I beg you to go spend the same amount of money you used for tickets and per capita spending, including parking, programs, dinner out, toll roads, subways, etc. at the Ringling show, take your entire family and DRIVE to Peru, Indiana where you see what a circus enviroment is all about at the Circus City Festival and International Circus Hall of Fame, and don't forget the Paul Kelly farm, or better yet go to Baraboo, WI to see what the circus was all about while preserved and exhibited in it's finest grandeur at the Circus World Museum. You won't be disappointed and you'll save money at the same time. Now THAT'S Family entertainment!
Bob
It was the same on the Gold Show - the elephants just seemed to wander around at their own pace. Its a slippery slope when you're too scared to correct an animal in public. They learn VERY quickly that showtime is do-whatever-you want time.
The sad part about the new Ringling attitude is that they are trying to appeal to an ethnic, urban taste. So, there's the attempt to be street wise and hip-hop. Are they too stupid to realize that inner-city people don't have the big bucks to pay the ticket prices. Meanwhile they chase away the patrons who don't appreciate screaching discordant music. Not to mention that white people look ridiculous trying to act hip.
For your further aggrivation, here's a little clip from the other "Big Show"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjRz-JkiDI
I don't disagree with anyone at all -- all I want to add is that some elephant stuff is better than no elephant stuff -- you know
You are right Jim. It just really hurts a persons heart to see this act when we all know what they can really do. This performance make a mockory to all elephant lovers the world over. Why did we all work sooo hard to make beautiful acts when it comes down to this from what was once the pride and dream of all performers to be a part of. Its pityful and a slap in the face to all circus elephant personel. If this were to be on a blog in the future as an elephant act it would be in the Fractured/Flickers portion.
Ode to Ringling,whether they like it or not Circus. A few years ago visiting the Hanneford Circus (this is in no way accusing anybody of stretching a dollar) in lieu of an ariel act following the cage act, as a display they had "Take the Cage Down" listed as a production number. Now, the Ringling Show, I thought was trying to show the public how the elephants come and go to the train. However, it was said we better cut that out as the show is to long! And someone made a mistake and cut out the elephant act. I am positive this is just a error in memos sent down. An understandable mistake.
By "producer" I meant the showgirl who got some clutz to sit in the stands with a hidden camera. See the other elephant clip by "highyellow" at the same link.
On the other hand, if they show these to new recruits, it certainly proves the show CAN go on without you. Who would know if ten people were missing?
Maybe these freeform interludes are intended to test wannabes who are constantly joining the show from nowhere.
Maybe she stole only first dress rehearsal, and there are 3 minutes missing.
On the Bello show last month they had a bunch of nice liberty acts, horses, zebras, exotics, using whips on clowns too, and explaining why. Another year maybe they can skip the talk, talk, defensive talk and get on with the show.
Lotliza
What I love is, someone snuck a video cam into a Kenny Feld show and got away with it.
From Changing of the Guard to this.
From their self-indulgent arrogance, Kenny and his minions enjoy laughing at their critics, when what they are laughing at is what they have brought to ruin. They remain oblivious to their embarrassment.
Neither Kenny nor anyone around him will be acknowledged as showmen.
To: Pat Cashin,
Would appriceate it if you would keep the one of many fetishes you have to yourself. As quite a few of the humorus Thespians of past and present Ringling show have not gotten over the movie "Shakes The Clown"!lol!
As Bobcat Goldthwait said during an interview with Katie Couric on The Today Show," I have found that clowns do not have a sense of humor"!
Your statements could be taken literally!
One year Big Apple used the tear-down of the flying act net as an audience participation count-down bit. I thought it was kind of clever.
Here's my pet peeve: The banked ring used by the Russian Cossack riding acts pretty much screws up the other animal acts using the ring. I saw that with Roy and Cindy Wells mixed act where the camels looked like they were limping around the uneven edge of the ring. On the Gold show, for some reason, Sylvia had a banked ring for her liberty act, so the elephants didn't circle right up to the ring, which made it even sloppier than it was.
By the way, does Mysore have unusual eyes, or was I imagining it?
what happened to the elephant that was missing from the sit up ? out of frame or off the floor
doesn't do situp ? or just didn't want to that day
actually that elephant was "missing" from the beginning
time out,maybe ?
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