The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

[Kepler]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

You can get your fill of clowns every day at this site.

A few acrobats, too. Explain to us again how you're not a Trump supporter, Flag... :-)

[Ralph Baer]

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I thought that something happened to Tony Hrkac.

Seriously, a lot of memories from early childhood.

[The Rube]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

You can get your fill of clowns every day at this site.

Area Clowns, that is......

[jericho]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

But I will miss the acrobats and the clowns. They were mankind at his best.

You can get your fill of clowns every day at this site.

[Kepler]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

Went to many of these myself as a child. As an adult, I always found it ironic that the crowds were overwhelmingly children, while the costumes worn by the female performers, if worn in pretty much any other setting, would have been scandalous.

I know, right? Sitting ringside was like being at a strip club (fair disclosure: I have never been to a strip club).

[Kepler]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

Let's be honest - the circus is pretty passé.

I get the animal acts being killed. The fact that they could not find a way to make them work without cruelty really tells us something about how horrific it was for them behind the scenes. So for those acts, like dog fighting and bear baiting and other charming rituals of the past, good riddance.

But I will miss the acrobats and the clowns. They were mankind at his best.

[CLS]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

Went to many of these myself as a child. As an adult, I always found it ironic that the crowds were overwhelmingly children, while the costumes worn by the female performers, if worn in pretty much any other setting, would have been scandalous.

One thing that will live on is the truth of the adage attributed (probably inaccurately) to P.T. Barnum -- "There's a sucker born every minute."

[Twitch Boy]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

I love the passive aggressive "those gosh durned Muh-len-ee-yals and their cell phones and their ADD and their Pokemon Go" swipes in that article. Work that clickbait.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey will end in May

Let's be honest - the circus is pretty passé.

[RaceBoarder]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

Just saw this...

Yet another sign of how much society has changed and how much I hate that change

[The Rube]

Re: The Circus is dead! Long live the circus!

And another piece of Americana falls.

Not gonna make this social warrior, political, etc. Just going to express my sorrow for a child's fun day that will no longer be around.

[joecct]

Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey will end in May