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

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 06:08:23 -0000

It's like I've been saying... The Worm.Klez.E virus postings were
more interesting reading.

;-)

John


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "7visions" <7visions_at_p...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> I just had to send this...
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> ----- 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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Received on 2002-08-20 23:08:27