13 April 2009

Scary street theater


People performed in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, park Monday. (Reuters)
Remember the Iranian street circus performance that was co-opted to promote Islamophobia? I was reminded of that when I encountered this picture at the Wall Street Journal's Photo Journal. It's a form of the "street theater" that has probably gone on since time immemorial in every culture around the world. This particular act gives me the creeps with regard to the little girl swinging by her neck...

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