News reports say audience's have been "tepid/lukewarm. That I would think is good news. What I would have expected is "Stormed the box office, at the greasing they just took!!!"
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Ringling Rome--Ringling America
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Wade G. Burck
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That's the kind of 'throw a ring curb in an empty building (or stadium, or parking lot) and call it a circus' that helped kill the circus in America. I wonder why it didn't work in Rome. Shame on the Felds for putting on such a disgraceful presentation - not even a ring mat!
TGSOE has meant many things over
the years during good and tough
times but this seems to be a new
bottom of the barrel low
What a crime to present something
like this under a banner of such
tremendous legacy
Knie, Gruss, Togni, Faggioni, Krone, Benneweis, Berdino,... are all much beautifuler and greater !
Thomas
Thomas,
Is this a Dutch word,"beautifuler?" I am not familiar with it. Just kidding, my young friend. I get your meaning, but I don't know if I agree with Faggoini being more beautifuler then anything Ringling does.
Wade
Faggioni's show isn't really MORE beautiful ! But it's a "greater" show with more artists, more animal, etc. The quality of the artists on Ringling will be better. But when you say the greatest show on earth and you bring a one ring show with 20 artists to a stadium and you don't use the platforms of the stadium but some platforms you brought...
Thomas
Thomas,
Greatest used to mean, "greatest artists, funniest clowns, best available supporting staff of choreographers, musicians, lighting and rigging crews, biggest show, most expensive productions etc." It was very much more then platforms and the number of rings.
Wade
Wade,
Alright it's much more but it was just an example. But we can truly say that the shows of Krone, Gruss, Knie, Casartelli and Togni are much greater. They have better artists and it are much more expensive shows.
Thomas
Thomas,
Not only are the show's you mentioned greater, but they are also bigger and better in most every way I listed. That makes them the "Greatest Show on Earth", and I might have to give the title to Krone, although it would be close. But in America Ringling is still the Biggest Show on Earth.
Wade
The title will surly go to Krone in Europe, they have the biggest zoo, top class acts, funny clowns, a big tent,... But what you mean with although it would be close?
Thomas
Thomas,
I meant 10 years ago it would have been close. Now with the "downsizing" that the other show's you mentioned have done, I have to hand it to Krone. The others are still beautiful, but not the "Greatest"
Wade
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