tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4637163230729872389..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: The circus leaves townNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73999727692164375522017-01-17T19:49:05.605-06:002017-01-17T19:49:05.605-06:00Say the sentence, "The circus is in town"...Say the sentence, "The circus is in town" and I think of Friday. I don't feel a thrill - I feel a little bit of dread. Go bears, go!J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22061034692835740792017-01-17T15:42:02.799-06:002017-01-17T15:42:02.799-06:00Sad in a way that the smell of the greasepaint and...Sad in a way that the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd (or is it the other way around?)has yielded largely to the pallid delights of digitized entertainment, but I never liked the "death defying" circus acts -- walking high wires without a net or poking chair legs at man-eating tigers. They did, of course, represent an improvement over earlier public spectacles. The Oxford Circus "Tube" stop sign brings to mind the grisly fact that the London Underground railway system opened in 1863, early enough that Londoners in great numbers could ride on public transport to witness the last publicn hanging,just outside Newgate Prison. Parliament abolished public executions in 1868 on grounds that they appealed to the worst impulses of the public and were not a deterrent to crime. the last U.S. official public execution was not until 1936.<br /><br />Tom Evans<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60963046833819017752017-01-17T11:04:30.386-06:002017-01-17T11:04:30.386-06:00The performers are the ones who will suffer the mo...The performers are the ones who will suffer the most, I think. We don't even have variety shows any more for them to display their talents. What do you train a aerial artist to do after she loses her job? Or a clown? There are only so many birthday parties.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81326954599005772182017-01-17T10:02:22.210-06:002017-01-17T10:02:22.210-06:00PETA has a point but there is something sad about ...PETA has a point but there is something sad about their shutting down.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55493150491459773562017-01-17T09:36:28.781-06:002017-01-17T09:36:28.781-06:00I guess they couldn't compete with the new cir...I guess they couldn't compete with the new circus coming on January 20th...Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805289693205180574noreply@blogger.com