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

From: HiramGonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:58:49 -0000

That was not a forgery, not even an attempt at forgery. I just felt
like signing Q.M., that's all. If I did want to forge a message I sure
wouldn't use my HiramGonash account...

Goodness people are sure touchy when they haven't had their
coffee/tea...

--B.S.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "toughslush" <meurtre_at_e...>
wrote:
> --- 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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> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Received on 2002-08-21 07:58:52