http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/21/life-parade/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/21/life-parade/#comment-48159 kalebeul » Why are tranny shows here crap? Sun, 21 May 2006 16:53:09 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/21/life-parade/#comment-48159 [...] A while later, some of us did a cameo somewhere else in a tranny cabaret show. As S observed, tranny shows here (at least the ones that appear in public theatres with subsidies) are all the same and have more to do with religious ritual–Easter in Seville, Castro speeches–than art, intellect or invention: men acquire extravagant costumes, playback expertly to mediocre disco and musical tracks (imagine 13-year old girls at an end-of-term school performance), and end, hand on crotch, with a wistful reference to love; the audience cheer wildly and for no apparent reason and go away feeling even more tolerant and beautiful than they did betwixt their linen sheets that morning. [...] [...] A while later, some of us did a cameo somewhere else in a tranny cabaret show. As S observed, tranny shows here (at least the ones that appear in public theatres with subsidies) are all the same and have more to do with religious ritual–Easter in Seville, Castro speeches–than art, intellect or invention: men acquire extravagant costumes, playback expertly to mediocre disco and musical tracks (imagine 13-year old girls at an end-of-term school performance), and end, hand on crotch, with a wistful reference to love; the audience cheer wildly and for no apparent reason and go away feeling even more tolerant and beautiful than they did betwixt their linen sheets that morning. [...]

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