I am not French. Nor am I double-jointed. No surprise then that the joys of Cirque du Soeliol have always been lost on me. And never more so than last night, when I caught the latest French gypsy troupe’s performance on Leno.
Hippyishly titled Cirque du Soleil: Love, the new show is a tribute to the music of the Beatles. Apparently, the Beatles were le huge in France or something.
What followed was the weirdest dance performance in the history of weird French gypsy dance performances. A vintage Volkswagon Beetle was rolled out, and what seemed like 35 extras from Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo stormed onto the stage. Sure, they were dressed in appropriate 60’s garb, but there was zero effort to emulate the dances of the 60s.
I seriously doubt anyone has ever headspun to Lennon and company. Why? Because it is fucking retarded. If the troupe’s intent was to create the sensation of a bad head trip, then hats off to you, Pierre Whoever.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a bunch of street dancers doing their worst hippy impression while making choreographed love to a motherfucking punch buggy. They had people flipping off the poor bug, buffing its sides with their heads, etc.
I was praying the recent VW Safe Happens campaign would kick in, and a wood paneled station wagon would take everyone of these hippy posers out.
Which brings up another issue…Isn’t playing the role of a hippy completely anti-hippy?
DIMELO!
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