Thursday, May 13, 2010

Las Vegas Two


Next day we went to a real Las Vegas “Show Girl” show. Feathers, costumes of magnificent design, the Titanic sinking, Samson and Delilah, dancers, singers, extremely strong men, rope/rock twirlers, and breasts. Lots of bare breasts. Now here is where this gets interesting so if you don’t like breasts stop reading. I have always liked breasts and this show with perhaps 20 or 25 topless (most of the time) young women dancers was amazing. Not sleazy pole dancing or striping. Only Show Girls showing wonderful young and lithe bodies. No tattoos, no piercing visible. The variation of breasts was astonishing even to a mature (don’t ask my children about this) biologist. Even my wife mentioned the vast differences. And all beautiful. There was an equal number of “topped” women dancers and they were equal in talent and beauty in all regards.
I have a very difficult time understanding why this important part of the female anatomy is villianized and conceived of as shameful by certain groups. So, back to the interesting part: after a few minutes of being draw to the breasts, the view widened and the show became a whole piece of work, with some woman topless, some not, some men topless, some not. The bare breasts were noticeable but in the context of the action, not as objet d’art, but as part of the costume in a sense. These dancers and singers were very good at their art, and with or without tops would have been good at their art. So why topless? Brings in the tourists. Why big strong men? Brings in the tourists. Why feathers? Same again.
Everyone should see one of these extravaganzas once in their life. Not for the breasts, though they are lovely to see, but as a whole work of theater. Definitely worth the price.
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/nevada/las-vegas/las-vegas-show-girls

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