Some circus called Weber Circus is coming to town and they're advertising it through the use of terrifying house-sized blow-up clowns and peculiar posters featuring an offensive picture of a buck-toothed Asian guy, excuse me, an Acrobat of the Orient. It's not Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's racist, but considering Auckland is like 50% Asian, this probably isn't going to do much for ticket sales.
What's interesting is that when we were in Sicily in 2005, they had posters for the same circus but they were these gorgeous, elaborately done illustrations of huge, roaring tigers leaping through flaming hoops and voluptuous women in beautiful spangled circus/stripper outfits. They were incredible. Way better than this crap.
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Better stock up on toothpaste before that circus hits town.
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