A year or two ago, I saw posters for them for months. I had no idea who they were, I was just excited that some form of "art" was coming to my town, which otherwise was constantly skipped by other shows. My liberal ass didn't think twice about the tagline "China Before Communism".
I went all dressed up with family and had a somewhat good experience, punctuated by very strange religious overtones and overt anti-Chinese Govt messages. Once the "Athiesm and evolution are a sin" song and dance rolled out, my experience soured. Ashamedly, I bought their political persecution message because I had the "China bad" brainworms.
I thought the experience was weird enough to do five minutes of research. I found that the show was a PR campaign by the Falong Gong cult. I wish I had done even the slightest bit of research before I gave them money.
A year or two ago, I saw posters for them for months. I had no idea who they were, I was just excited that some form of "art" was coming to my town, which otherwise was constantly skipped by other shows. My liberal ass didn't think twice about the tagline "China Before Communism".
I went all dressed up with family and had a somewhat good experience, punctuated by very strange religious overtones and overt anti-Chinese Govt messages. Once the "Athiesm and evolution are a sin" song and dance rolled out, my experience soured. Ashamedly, I bought their political persecution message because I had the "China bad" brainworms.
I thought the experience was weird enough to do five minutes of research. I found that the show was a PR campaign by the Falong Gong cult. I wish I had done even the slightest bit of research before I gave them money.