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steve  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 7, 2017

I know it wouldn't mean nearly as much to someone who wasn't part of the production - but I would love to see that. Is it something that will be made available for viewing or sale or something?





goobster  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the interest, my friend. They did give us all a DVD of the edit they showed, but I'm not sure it would make a lot of sense to someone who didn't know the whole story.

The show is essentially a musical, featuring all kind of circus human stunts (like aerial work, juggling, clowning, etc), but it is also a full story and every character has their story arc.

The edit - due to data loss reasons, technical snafus, performance problems, etc - jumps around a bit. One act takes place largely in darkness, with the juggler working with glowing juggling balls... that are all but invisible on the video, so it was entirely cut.

In short, I am not sure the performers would let it out into the wild. It is not evidence of their finest work, and these people were serious perfectionists. (Hence the reason the video has been "lost" for 8 years...)

Here's a clip of the first season's big finale. Shot by the sound engineer, it seems! (The basic idea is that the world ended earlier, all the debris and the stage falling apart, and it's taken over by cockroaches... umm... sexy cockroaches... who do a kick-line. Yeah.)

And this is after the mermaid gets "corrupted" by man, and becomes... well... a stripper. (Shot by a fan in the crowd on a 2007-era cell phone, sadly.)

And this... well... we were known for doing songs entirely played on bottles. People always asked for us to do Bohemian Rhapsody... so after close to a year of practice (on and off), the gang did a special show and played it. This particular song was not a part of the regular show (we did a different song during the show), but I think this may be the only video of our attempt.

And this is a documentary film made in 2002 about Circus Contraption, when the circus was going through a particularly rough time, and almost broke up.

So there's some stuff to keep you entertained for a bit...! :-)

steve  ·  2505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

wow... thanks for sharing all of this.

What a fantastic adventure to be a part of.