Cirque du Soleil

Are the Cirque du Soleil the ones that appear a lot on television? If so, they seem very professional, and a very different style to the traditional circuses, I like that.

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Everytime I try to watch them on TV, they scare me away. Actually, I saw one yesterday, with these two people doing these really freaky things on acrobat. The whole feel of the show is just a little too weird for me, though.

you were deprived of childhood, weren't you?

meh.

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They had an IMAX film that was quite cool.


I am also fond of the real circus.

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how the hell is it weird? it's utterly amazing, and they don't just do weird freaky shit that isn't physically possible but all their shows have a meaning.. here check out www.cirquedusoleil.com
they're costumes and characters and themes are spell binding....

"There's a child's smile sleeping in the heart of every old scarecrow"

cheers

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hey that looks familiar.

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I hate when people say stuff like it has meaning. Or art is supposed to be deep. Why can't they be doing weird shit and let it be art on its own.


Frankly, I don't wanna know the meaning.

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I'm glad you said that, NNJ, otherwise Dyders might have thought I was having a go. Not that you are having one or anything, but I too hate when "meaning" is bandied about as an attractor to a subject or event.

Of course, I may just be too ignorant of most meanings to feel clever enough to know what they are, but often "meaning" is used to exclude the general population and for the unexcluded to enjoy an in-crowd joke at their expense. Tracy Emin springs to mind; "Unmade Bed" indeed.

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i've always thought the same thing too.

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ok, maybe meaning was the wrong word to use.... perhaps a theme is the better term.... Like Alegria was about the split and battle between old and young, the old order and new order. Each of the acts were also characters. The old ( i forget what they're called now) were the courtiers of the palace of Versailles and were bound to the old orders. The angels were the young ones and were bringing new light and new life to the world, trying to bring down the old order... So the people doing the trampoline stuff were the angels, therefore not only are they doing acrobatics but they're also telling a story.
Similar thing in Quidam... Quidam is no one yet he's everyone. He's the faceless stranger you meet in the street. So the story is that of a little lonely girl and her Quidam...
My point is that I like it because it's theatre and circus rolled into one...

cheers

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I like clowns.

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