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teenybuffalo

The dominatrix whip kittens are my new favorite part

Dec 02, 2016 23:20

From my FB post at intermission:

I'm at The Slutcracker and having an awesome time. Am I comically missing the point if I say that was a beautiful sex scene? The title character has the face of Dionysus himself. Pink sparkly Dionysus.

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sovay December 3 2016, 04:38:38 UTC

Am I comically missing the point if I say that was a beautiful sex scene?

I don't think so.

The title character has the face of Dionysus himself. Pink sparkly Dionysus.

I'm delighted to hear it.

teenybuffalo December 3 2016, 16:44:26 UTC

After the show, the performers appeared around the back of the auditorium to meet up with friends and family members. (It was opening night. The director's mother was in the audience. I didn't see more of her than the back of her head, so I couldn't gauge her reaction, but I hope she enjoyed herself too.) I found myself face to face with the dancer who played Fritz, and gushed at him, and he got emotional and we hugged. I'll never wash my shirt again.

Two years ago, you wrote this excellent comment on my post about my first viewing of "The Slutcracker." I churlishly didn't acknowledge it at the time, and I'd like to fix that now. You were 100% right that Fritz isn't the villain; conformist heteronormativity is. (I thought about various tumblr posts that are like, "[reports on obnoxious heteronormative thing] This just in: the straights are unappealing and weird ( ... )