#CIrque du Soleil

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Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.

Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??

They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...

Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.

And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!

Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!

By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?

Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!

Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?

Alright I need to go to bed now.

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In Dis-Honest Company

Jessica Alba's not so honest makeup artist purged his Instagram🧐 and deleted evidence of his participation in The Meghans January 2019 (avocado toast) 'suicide watch' scam. Good thing the internet never forgets:

Posted by Daniel Martin on January 20th 2019 from London, United Kingdom:

"Back to our Tig days. Thank you Meghan for being the consummate hostess this weekend and still being the avocado toast whisperer, YUM!"

Daniel Martin, Meghan Markle, Harry the Spare, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Doria Ragland & Tyler Perry all LIED to the world about Meghan Markle's suicide ideation story that allegedly took place on the evening of the Cirque du Soleil performance, Totem, on January 16th 2019 at The Royal Albert Hall. The truth is that The Meghans were angry & deeply embarrassed because they were unexpectedly booed by the Sentebale fundraiser audience. After the booing, we watched Sparry temporarily reject her hand (which enraged her) until after he clapped for Sentabale's special guest.

MeGain was never alone that day (multiple visits with Amy) nor did she do her own makeup (or HAIR) for this evening Sentebale (fundraising) event. "...go upstairs & throw the makeup bag in the sink..." never happened because Daniel Martin was PAID to do her makeup and help her dress for the event!

Also it's important to reiterate that MeGain did NOT shed a "1 tear left eye go" when those house lights went down/dark during this Cirque du Soleil performance.

Meghan Markle was NEVER on "suicide watch" that week. She was never a threat to herself or to Sparry's unborn child that week because her BFF/makeup artist Daniel Martin was PAID to travel from America to London to keep her company for the week!!! She telephoned HR the very next day because she suffered a devastating blow after being royally booed. The booing was more evidence that their reputations had been ruined. In her opinion, the palace failed to protect her (reputation) which would hurt her Diana 2.0 image as well as their "brand" for upcoming megxit/post-baby sussex royal merchandising opportunities.

All public, face to face "confrontations" where she is told "no" and is faced with the consequences of her behavior, are viewed as a declaration of war. MeGain & Sparry are buulies and cowards. Meghan Markle is a Narcissist. Any humiliation, public or private, leaves her with a severe wound of rejection which she nurses by plotting revenge. A few examples:

Airlines Seat: While dating Sparry & working as a part-time soap opera actress, MM's airlines reassigned her seat to accommodate a group of dignitaries. This REJECTION enraged MM. In her mind, having regular sex with the Diana's SPARE son, was a tran$actional activity for which she was owed VIP treatment EVERYWHERE and from EVERYONE. As for this wounding, she declared, "THIS won't ever happen again."

HRH Duchess of Cambridge told her to stop harassing staff

HRH Duchess of Cambridge told her the bridesmaids dresses were trash

Post- Australia engagement & walkabout: the words of a stranger: "what you're doing to your father is wrong!"

Booing at Royal Albert Hall for Sentable Fundraiser; complained to palace HR that her reputation was not protected & required more PR reinforcements to cope, including a reteat

Saint Paul's Cathedral:

booing at Saint Paul's Cathedral entering & departing for Quenn's Platinum Jubilee

They were required travel within the royal motorcade in designated vehicles to the Cathedral. They chose not to "carpool" with the family to the Cathedral and instead, hired their own driver.

attendees included volunteers from all over the Commonwealth, as the couple was ushered to their seats, 1 attendee loudly asked, "why are you here?"

seat assignments inside Saint Paul's Cathedral Couple expected to be seated with Senior Royals, instead they were assigned to sit between the Queen's niece (Lady Chatto) & his York cousins.

Queen's funeral walkabout: woman put her head down & refused the handshake (essentially turning her back)

Queen's funeral walkabout: Palace staff demanded that she immediately release the Queen's flowers

The best NYC heckler: "Meghan Markle the charlatan duchess who conned the royal family!"

south park parody/film: worldwide privacy tour

Vanity Fair Article

Baby2Baby Initiation Complete: The "manifesting party" politely acknowledged Kerry Washington's birthday.

It's no wonder that after archeFRAUD made a significant donation for The Meghans to sit at Tyler Perry's VIP Paley Center Awards table, Kerry Washington FINALLY allowed MeGain to join her Baby2Baby inner circle. It seems that the hard work of Daniel, Tyler Perry, Kelly, NOprah & others finally paid off (literally), as MeGain was allowed to be photographed/filmed (perhaps by Daniel) inside Jessica Alba's home & seated at the dinner table like a circus seal next to Kerry Washington. Perhaps she was only invited to the dinner portion which could have been served AFTER the 'manifesting party.'

Tyler Perry has been working towards the moment when Kerry Washington would feel comfortable releasing PR photographs of her pictured with MeGain Markle. No matter how many exclusive dinners MM attended with Perry, he has remained incredibly frustrated that his A list friends preferred not to be around her.

I did not watch Washington's show so I'm not a fan of her acting nor her politics. She's extremely particular about who can be in her "circle," so MM must be on cloud 9 just to know she's finally won Washington's trust. Birds of a feather flock together.

MeGain has worked for years to penetrate the Baby2Baby clique. While in Britain (Spring 2019) she & Sparry used "Sussex Royal" to collect pre-megxit donations for LA's Baby2Baby, just another megxit indicator.

During the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, she & Sparry flew from Montecito to LA to wear masks and briefly distribute a few back to school items during a small neighborhood baby2baby fundraiser.

Many people still think MeGain was NOT invited to NOprah's birthday party; however as I've tried to explain in the past, that "party" wasn't actually NOprah's party but rather a celebration for Anastasia. Since NOprah chose to attend (on her birthday), the restaurant surprised NOprah with a special birthday cake. Something similar may have occurred at Jessica's home with the doughnuts.

If these hollyweird frauds will go along with Meghan Markle's lies about suicidal ideation, then they will lie about ANYTHING.

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I want to talk about my fanfiction so badly but no-one wants to listen because I don't think anyone who follows me is also mentally ill about Cirque Du Soleil :(

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A little more of the Trickster Cat :D

I liked the sketch but questioned my life a lot trying to execute the details of the design. And I’m still figuring out what I want to do with colors when I do use them, so until then everyone gets to be in the Gray Void LOL

But despite my complaining nothing is more fun than indulging your own niche interests, highly recommend ❤️💛 I STILL need to do some dance poses though

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🐐 Cirque du Soleil Ireland

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Cirque du Soleil troupe practicing their routine.

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i don’t know if you’ve seen this picture but it’s delightful

YES it's one of my faves. Defies description.

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Alex Castro in a Jeweled Gstring designed by Manfred Thierry Mugler for Zumanity.

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one of these days I will have the spoons to make a giant post about cirque du soleil's show O, and then it'll be over for y'all

I'll give you a teaser, tho, by sharing the guide, theatre manager, and certified tumblr bait Le Vieux

I usually just call him 'Threatre Dad'

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Fading memories · Neue Marx, Vienna 2024

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Mystere Cirque Du Soleil Escargot Alice the Snail Plush