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afterthefact · 03.03.2008, 03:46 PM

So we took our daughter to the Ringling Brothers circus last night. Maybe it's just me, but I remember it being awesome when I was a kid.

I was so bored last night, even at the reduced rate of 7 bucks a ticket I was tempted to demand my money back.They started off with their best talent: showing how much they've sold out. The ringmaster starts off "How much does everybody feel like a snack?!?" All the kids cheer, thinking they are getting free candy, not knowing that a circus like this didn't get big by giving out free stuff. Then he says, "Well then try the marshmellow of our official sponsor, Campfire Marshmellows!," then led the entire croud in a huge chant, one side of the stadium yelling "campfire!" and the otherside yelling "marshmellows!" It was sickening.

Then the rest of the show was a huge dissappointment. I like circuses that are somewhat magical, with a sort of eastern-european feeling. I know this one won't have that of course, but the Chuckie Cheese-esque show that followed was so off course of what a circus should be it wasn't funny. With a James Blunt song coming out of nowhere every now and then, and this theme song of something like "anything is possible, if you can imagine it!" I was ready to puke.

And the worst part of all is, they didn't really do anything. They had a tight rope walker, and the did your typical little acrobat stuff. But other than that, and of course seeing them constantly slap poor animals in the face so they will stand on their hind legs, it was nothing but a big party with confetti and glitter everywhere.

"The Greatest Show On Earth?" Not quite. I'll give it "The Greatest Show In Cincinnati On A Sunday Afternoon," and they better accept it, cause even that is being generous.

03.03.2008, 03:46 PM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	So we took our daughter to the Ringling Brothers circus last night. Maybe it's just me, but I remember it being awesome when I was a kid. I was so bored last night, even at the reduced rate of 7 bucks a ticket I was tempted to demand my money back.They started off with their best talent: showing how much they've sold out. The ringmaster starts off "How much does everybody feel like a snack?!?" All the kids cheer, thinking they are getting free candy, not knowing that a circus like this didn't get big by giving out free stuff. Then he says, "Well then try the marshmellow of our official sponsor, Campfire Marshmellows!," then led the entire croud in a huge chant, one side of the stadium yelling "campfire!" and the otherside yelling "marshmellows!" It was sickening. Then the rest of the show was a huge dissappointment. I like circuses that are somewhat magical, with a sort of eastern-european feeling. I know this one won't have that of course, but the Chuckie Cheese-esque show that followed was so off course of what a circus should be it wasn't funny. With a James Blunt song coming out of nowhere every now and then, and this theme song of something like "anything is possible, if you can imagine it!" I was ready to puke. And the worst part of all is, they didn't really do anything. They had a tight rope walker, and the did your typical little acrobat stuff. But other than that, and of course seeing them constantly slap poor animals in the face so they will stand on their hind legs, it was nothing but a big party with confetti and glitter everywhere. "The Greatest Show On Earth?" Not quite. I'll give it "The Greatest Show In Cincinnati On A Sunday Afternoon," and they better accept it, cause even that is being generous.
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