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Summary: the rise and fall of testicles made into art
Review: This exploration into performance art has two major hurdles. That said, if you can pass the first hurdle, which is your suspension of incredulousness at such an over-the-top interpretation of a basic bio-function, you will find entertainment, high production values, beautiful costuming and thought provoking "stages". These stages are Barney's vignettes proscribing the "mounting" aspects of the copulative dance leading to the actuation of the cremaster cycle.
The second hurdle will be his chosen ending or finale. Though we all know the violence inherent in the sexual act, the final sequence is guaranteed to provoke reactive if not emotional response. Perhaps this was his motivation...to "pull" the viewer into the experience. Moreover, a fine piece of stage, choreography, and performance with some obtuse but recognizable allusions to art's "history".


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Summary: Barney is a Genius!
Review: This is the craziest s--t I have ever seen! The world would not be complete with out it. A five dimensional masterpiece.