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

From: toughslush <meurtre_at_earthlink.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 06:23:31 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "DNE44" <dne_at_d...> wrote:
> Joy - "available openings"? Did you _have_ to word it that way?
>
> - David

I did not have to word it that way. I did not word it that way. Dean
worded it that way. Apparently Mr. "No Forgeries!" feels it's okay
to sign with my online moniker as long as the electronic
signature still shows HIS.

Look carefully, David. Hiram Gonash ain't me.

Of course, there's always the chance that the real forger is a third
party, throwing this off on Dean to avert suspicion . . . in which
case, the social contract has been broken, and I fear for Western
Civilization . . . ;)

--Joy "the real Queen Mab" Whittemore McCann

P.S. Whoever it was--don't do it again. Thanks.


>
> --- 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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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Received on 2002-08-20 23:23:35