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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
I don't know. I haven't watched it. I get the impression that it's another development on a noire concept. I generally like that, but I suspect that this show would just tick me off.
I'd prefer to see a show that didn't need to WORK at being either weird or noire. The people and art form already are. It shows the shortcomings of Hollywood, that they think they need to invent it. It's almost as bad as "reality" shows.
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” -Mark Twain
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Darkness Inner circle 1626 Posts |
American Horror story is typical Hollywood horror TV. You can see a couple of seasons on Netflix. Jessica Lange wins all kinds of awards for her acting she is amazing, but I have not seen the Freak Show season.
Reality shows are the death of scripted shows.
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Mad0hatter Regular user 192 Posts |
Have any of y'all watched the reality show Freakshow that follows Todd Ray's Venice Beach Freakshow? The first episode from the first season where they bring in George to be the show's giant, touches on the use of the word freak to describe someone.
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Brynmore14 Inner circle The Séance Chamber 1815 Posts |
Watch it...hell Harley is in it!
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
This is true. I thought they did a great job of condensing a 30 minute routine to 3!
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Brynmore14 Inner circle The Séance Chamber 1815 Posts |
I wish I could have seen the full thirty minutes, it sounds intense.
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
It's an interesting exercise in psych. We start with holding breath, just to see. Usually, the audience holds for about a minute and a quarter, to a minute and a half. It's an experiment, and I present the whole piece as an experiment. Even tho I've done it a couple of thousand times, it's always an experiment. There's always something different, something to learn.
The wrapping takes about 20 minutes, and it's not very interesting. During that time, however, I plant a lot of psych seeds...small spaces, how hot it gets, the volunteers hurting me, etc. When the cork goes in the snorkel, they believe I'll be out in 2 1/2. Up to that point, everything seems fine, going on schedule. They all make saran wrap jokes. Everybody knows saran wrap jokes, or knows somebody who did something with it, as a joke. I can't see anything except a foggy light, at that point, but I can hear it all. Sometimes it's hard to hold my breath, because I want to laugh. But once the mark is passed, the whole tone changes. They sober up, get very serious. I slow down, they get tenser. At 3 1/2 I tip over, and they start to get pretty freaked out. By 4 1/4 I'm only twitching occasionally. 4 1/2 I stop moving. About 85% of the time, somebody tries to save me, then. I have to clue in a couple of folks about how to deal with that, so the routine isn't wasted. After 5, I come out. Sometimes I stand up, hold up the cocoon in triumph, and collapse. That always gets to any rescue or health professionals. I've occasionally been mobbed with stethescopes! Maybe I'm a bad man. It's so much fun! In a sense, it's a success after failure theme, or beating death. It's a very powerful showpiece, and does exactly what I want.
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Darkness Inner circle 1626 Posts |
That's awesome Harley. I take it you are a human saran wrap cocoon? What are you wearing?
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
Clothes.
Yes, a cocoon of a bout 1/4 mile of SW, a snorkel, and a cork. It's pretty intense to do, but I like the theatre of it so much.
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Darkness Inner circle 1626 Posts |
HA that's great!
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