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| - There are a few things that I aspire to complete before I die.
1. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt.
2. Get a graduate degree.
3. Use the word "merkin" in a Yelp review.
Looks like I can cross #3 off my list thanks to last night's viewing of Zumanity. Not too many merkins here, but the ones that they did use did prevent any full frontal.
This is a show best enjoyed by understanding and appreciating the human form and what those human bodies can do (and what humans do with certain human body parts). If you don't want to look at naked women, hear sex sounds, or be embarrassed by potentially going onstage for audience participation (more on that later), I don't recommend this show.
I can personally speak to the fact that they do not have plants in the audience for their audience participation. Yes, yours truly was selected to go onstage and perform with a man from Houston. The adrenaline rush was such that I barely remember it, but my friend and guest to the show Vanessa N. said that I didn't seem nervous at all.
The show definitely pushes the envelope to "transgressive" but I wouldn't call it groundbreaking. Well maybe I would, considering it has a pretty wide market, potentially opening minds that wouldn't otherwise respect or appreciate outside-the-norm sexuality.
To recap: don't go with your parents, on a first date, or expecting to see a nice little show about people falling in love. This show is about the thing that got us all here, s-e-x, and does a good job of translating it to the Cirque du Soleil stage.
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