TBS this week has been rerunning the last few episodes of "Sex and the City," and it got me to thinking: Here we have Mikhail Baryshnikov playing the suave Russian "Aleksandr Petrovsky," who has made a fortune as an artist. And what is his medium of choice? "Light installations."
Yes, the guy basically takes neon or fluorescent tubes and creates rather banal blinking things for which people supposedly plunk down big bucks. As any "SATC" fan knows, Carrie became fed up with all things Aleksandr and fled Paris for life back in Manhattan. (Of course, it didn't help that he "accidentally" hit her, either.)
My point being that, while I suppose I found some aesthetic quality in those "light installations," I was just as perplexed by them as Carrie was.
No sirree, give me "dick tricks" instead. I'm talking about "Puppetry of the Penis," or "the ancient art of genital origami," created by Aussie duo Simon Morley and David Friend.
I have not had the pleasure of seeing the show in person, but I caught HBO's rerun last night of the "Real Sex" episode featuring this bizarre and rather painful-looking art form. If you're a "POTP" virgin, then prepare to be ... well, amused, anyway.
You will probably never look at the Eiffel Tower or hamburgers the same way again. (Very much NSFW.)
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"POTP" virgin no mo... Thank you!
Posted by: Brent | April 07, 2006 at 02:08 PM
You've been noticeably silent, along with most right-of-center blogs, about the newest revelations on Bush's magic insta-declassification act. I assume Robbie's cooking up something good as we speak?
Posted by: Dan | April 07, 2006 at 02:39 PM
Well, at least someone is noticing.
I think this comment by Robbie pretty well sums up how I also feel about criticism we get for overlooking this, that or the other.
That said, I'll be quite honest and tell you that my exposure to news in the past few days has been almost nonexistent. The fact that I have been able to blog at all belies the fact that this has been one of the most hectic and stressful in my life ever, both personally and professionally. (Plus, whatever I caught in Germany or shortly after has been hanging on and mutating, so I'm physically very subpar right now.)
Posted by: Malcontent | April 07, 2006 at 02:59 PM
Heh, it's OK. I know you probably thought I was being obnoxious, but it was meant (mainly) in jest. The whole situation is mind-boggling, but at this point I've lost the ability to be shocked.
Get better soon, mal...
Posted by: Dan | April 07, 2006 at 03:20 PM
According to Matt Drudge, you probably have Bird Flu.
Posted by: Patrick | April 07, 2006 at 03:26 PM
Thanks, Dan. I've been contemplating a megapost about Republicans and George Bush for quite a while, but I'm frankly just a little too politically weary and demoralized to do it. I probably still will at some point, though.
Patrick: LOL. That's what I tell my husband every time he sneezes. He hates it when I do that.
Posted by: Malcontent | April 07, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Thanks. I'll be in NYC after the 20th. of April. I hope this show is going on. I love to see it. Again thank you for keeping us alerted to this great and unique shows.
Posted by: Oscar | April 07, 2006 at 08:39 PM