Re: Fw: "Off Come the Thongs for the Gay Samurai Revue"

From: DNE44 <dne_at_dslextreme.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:39:36 -0000

Joy - "available openings"? Did you _have_ to word it that way?

- David

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "HiramGonash" <okfreddy_at_h...>
wrote:
> Lemme guess - you want to know if they have any available
openings...
>
> --Q.M.
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "7visions" <7visions_at_p...>
wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > I just had to send this...
> >
> > L
> > ----- By Paul Majendie
> > EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The good people of Edinburgh must wonder
what
> is
> > going to hit them next at the madcap Fringe Festival.
> >
> > First came the "Ladyboys" of Bangkok to woo fans at the annual
> > extravaganza billed as the world's largest arts festival. Now it
is
> the
> > turn of the J-Boys from Tokyo with their gay Samurai revue that
> leaves
> > nothing to the imagination in the tale of two reincarnated
warriors
> locked
> > in a passionate affair.
> >
> > The strait-laced Scottish capital throws off its inhibitions with
a
> > vengeance every August -- and it certainly needs to with some of
the
> more
> > exotic shows on offer.
> >
> > Last year, the Ladyboys grabbed the headlines when female
> impersonator Tor
> > Athapon was so worried about his silicone breast implants at high
> altitude
> > that he wanted to insure them for the flight from Thailand. It
was
> the
> > perfect publicity stunt to pull in the crowds.
> >
> > But things went from bad to worse. They were beset by more breast
> problems
> > -- first their silicone implants hardened in the chilly Scottish
> climate
> > and then a fetishist stole a pair of their conical fake breasts.
> >
> >
> > For the J-Boys, the toughest assignment has been attracting
crowds
> down to
> > the club nestled beneath the walls of Edinburgh Castle where they
> are
> > performing up to three shows a day. In week one, audiences have
been
> > averaging 15-20.
> >
> > It is hard graft for the dancers. "We have no time for romance
here.
> We
> > are far too busy, pure in body and spirit -- just like priests,"
> said
> > Hiroshi Jin, founder of Company East.
> >
> > Jin has taken the 12-strong troupe around the world for three
months
> this
> > year with trips to arts festivals in Adelaide in Australia,
Avignon
> in
> > France and now Edinburgh. Next year the globetrotters are off to
> Montreal
> > in Canada.
> >
> > Hiroshi Jin certainly hasn't had a chance to go and see the
Ladyboys
> of
> > Bangkok on their return trip to Edinburgh and is quick to
highlight
> the
> > differences.
> >
> > "I want to make a different show from the Ladyboys. We are guys
who
> want
> > to be sexual on stage but we don't want to be transvestites," he
> told
> > Reuters after Wednesday night's show.
> >
> > The audience certainly sees plenty of the dancers. For the
> glittering
> > costumes soon fall to the floor and they are down to their skimpy
> thongs.
> > They in turn are quickly discarded and, as their publicity blurb
> says,
> > then comes a show "highly recommended for women and men who
relish
> high
> > camp, great fun and are not offended by total nudity."
> >
> > Hiroshi Jin and fellow performer Sho Tohno launch into an
> impassioned love
> > scene that stuns into silence the smattering of middle-aged gay
> couples in
> > the audience.
> >
> > "It is just simulated. I cannot have real sex on stage otherwise
we
> would
> > be finished," Hiroshi Jin said after their erotically charged
> performance.
> >
> > "Anyway, I don't need a lover. The stage is my lover," he added.
> >
> > And then the J-Boys show ends on what must rank as one of the
most
> surreal
> > sights at the Edinburgh Fringe -- the scantily-clad troupe launch
> into
> > their last flamboyant dance routine to the strains of Latino
> heart-throb
> > Ricky Martin singing "She Bangs, She Bangs."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Received on 2002-08-20 15:39:38