“Raise Awareness” of what? That gay men like to put things in their butt? I think there’s general awareness of that.
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Ted B. (Charging Rhino)says
“There… Are… Three… Lights…”
Juansays
Que? Por que?
Cliffordsays
“Could spell trouble for the Trump presidency”
…..how? How in the world could this have *any* effect on anything important?
eeyoresays
I do not understand in what universe this performance would “spell trouble for the Trump presidency.” Everyone except the elite and hard-core leftists will know this is just a stupid bid for attention. Obviously, these people cannot use reason to effectively oppose Trump and this will not appeal to “middle Americans” in any way. It is just attention for attention’s sake, not any real threat to him.
I do like Ted B’s comment.
Huntersays
And people wonder why I don’t go to Pride and celebrate my gayness. Lasers shooting out of a butt is something to be proud about?
Ted B. (Charging Rhino)says
I haven’t set-foot in a gay bar in at-least ten-years. It’s CRAP like this that dissuades me from going through the trouble again soon.
It’s an-hour drive on bad roads each-way across the River to Pennsylvania, so why bother? New Jersey doesn’t really have any gay bars anymore. The Philly bars* are even farther away, and New York City is beyond the question.
Maybe next year at Rehoboth or Provincetown…
[ *-They were terrible when I lived in Philly 25-years ago, and I don’t miss them.]
apple bettysays
eeyore: I do not understand in what universe this performance would “spell trouble for the Trump presidency.”
Me neither. The tweet says “spell trouble,” but the article never mentions Trump.
After reading the article all I can say is, What a bunch of pretentious exhibitionists.
Conservative Guysays
Prancing around art galleries with a laser in your butt could be seen as silly, or a cheap gimmick to demand viewers’ attention. However, curator Mette Woller—who included Young Boy Dancing Group in an exhibition called “The Curves of the World” at Chart Art Fair in Copenhagen late last summer—explained to me that this seemingly outré act is deliberate. “They challenge notions of gender and sexuality and constantly question institutionalized settings,” she asserts.
How? How does this challenge anyone’s notions of gender or sexuality? Just because someone says so doesn’t make it true.
Ted B. (Charging Rhino)says
Like “personal trainer”, being an artiste is also a euphemism for available rentboy.
Craig Smithsays
Knowing VICE, this is fake. But still funny.
pawfurbehrsays
Reminds me of the Sir Mix a Lot song, “Oh my God, look at her butt!”
JPKalisheksays
Gee, so glad The History Channel gave up their one channel showing shows about actual history (H2) to these geniuses at Vice.
RSGsays
New Jersey doesn’t really have any gay bars anymore.
What, did The Mob finally find a business they could no longer make money on?
I saw an item not too long ago that noted many gay bars in the US (but also the UK) are closing. Seems it’s no longer the rite of passage it once was and Millennials don’t feel the need to self-segregate by affectional orientation like their forebears did when they go out
Johnsays
I followed the link. This has to be a parody. If this really is true, then I need to have a new BS detector installed.
Jamessays
At one time VICE used to be somewhat interesting a while back. Now it is a joke.
J-says
What two man do in the bedroom together doesn’t bother me. This crap makes me want to commit a hate crime.
Throbert McGeesays
In case anyone hasn’t found it already, here’s a direct link to a YouTube video of the butt-lasers. (It’s work-safe, I suppose — as long as a co-worker doesn’t ask you “what the hell is that caterwauling?” and you have to explain what the video is about.)
I’m surprised they didn’t put the lasers in their urethras, quite frankly.
I didn’t see any reference to Trump in the article (I had to shut down to avoid bursting out in incredulous laughter and waking my kids up), but what they are saying in the article about what the performance is meant to be is BS enough in itself.
Matthew the Oilmansays
The thing about lasers as art, (of any sort) “you could put your eye out “. These people are obviously looking to blind their audience with their brilliance.
Ted B. (Charging Rhino)says
Took a peek, not worth 11:53-minutes of my life. Not even hot guys…
Poorly-executed, pretentious, and boring. **/yawn**
“There… Are… Three… Lights…”
Que? Por que?
“Could spell trouble for the Trump presidency”
…..how? How in the world could this have *any* effect on anything important?
I do not understand in what universe this performance would “spell trouble for the Trump presidency.” Everyone except the elite and hard-core leftists will know this is just a stupid bid for attention. Obviously, these people cannot use reason to effectively oppose Trump and this will not appeal to “middle Americans” in any way. It is just attention for attention’s sake, not any real threat to him.
I do like Ted B’s comment.
And people wonder why I don’t go to Pride and celebrate my gayness. Lasers shooting out of a butt is something to be proud about?
I haven’t set-foot in a gay bar in at-least ten-years. It’s CRAP like this that dissuades me from going through the trouble again soon.
It’s an-hour drive on bad roads each-way across the River to Pennsylvania, so why bother? New Jersey doesn’t really have any gay bars anymore. The Philly bars* are even farther away, and New York City is beyond the question.
Maybe next year at Rehoboth or Provincetown…
[ *-They were terrible when I lived in Philly 25-years ago, and I don’t miss them.]
eeyore: I do not understand in what universe this performance would “spell trouble for the Trump presidency.”
Me neither. The tweet says “spell trouble,” but the article never mentions Trump.
https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/pg8x3k/young-boy-dancing-group-lasers-butt-queer-art
Makes the hazards of looking into a laser take on a whole (hole) new meaning.
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ce/5d/78/ce5d78003f560c5600aee57f39b367e8.jpg
Not The Onion.
After reading the article all I can say is, What a bunch of pretentious exhibitionists.
How? How does this challenge anyone’s notions of gender or sexuality? Just because someone says so doesn’t make it true.
Like “personal trainer”, being an artiste is also a euphemism for available rentboy.
Knowing VICE, this is fake. But still funny.
Reminds me of the Sir Mix a Lot song, “Oh my God, look at her butt!”
Gee, so glad The History Channel gave up their one channel showing shows about actual history (H2) to these geniuses at Vice.
What, did The Mob finally find a business they could no longer make money on?
I saw an item not too long ago that noted many gay bars in the US (but also the UK) are closing. Seems it’s no longer the rite of passage it once was and Millennials don’t feel the need to self-segregate by affectional orientation like their forebears did when they go out
I followed the link. This has to be a parody. If this really is true, then I need to have a new BS detector installed.
At one time VICE used to be somewhat interesting a while back. Now it is a joke.
What two man do in the bedroom together doesn’t bother me. This crap makes me want to commit a hate crime.
In case anyone hasn’t found it already, here’s a direct link to a YouTube video of the butt-lasers. (It’s work-safe, I suppose — as long as a co-worker doesn’t ask you “what the hell is that caterwauling?” and you have to explain what the video is about.)
Young Boy Dancing Group performance art with lasers
I’m surprised they didn’t put the lasers in their urethras, quite frankly.
I didn’t see any reference to Trump in the article (I had to shut down to avoid bursting out in incredulous laughter and waking my kids up), but what they are saying in the article about what the performance is meant to be is BS enough in itself.
The thing about lasers as art, (of any sort) “you could put your eye out “. These people are obviously looking to blind their audience with their brilliance.
Took a peek, not worth 11:53-minutes of my life. Not even hot guys…
Poorly-executed, pretentious, and boring. **/yawn**