took this one and threw the rest of the stack straight into the trash can
I used to see billboards and ads for these performances all the time when I was younger. Just always figured it was fancy theater shit that was above my head.
Epoch Times directly mailed random people free issues in my area
Yeah this shit was everywhere when I lived in Boston. Posters and subway ads all over the place for Shen Yun, people in the Common or down by Fanieul Hall with posters pushing conspiracies about organ harvesting, that sort of thing. Big Falun Gong presence there I think.
Apparently they're dancing and then a huge Marx face comes out of the sky and a tsunami sweeps them away.
Holy shit if I could see that without paying I'd be all over out. Especially if I could get stoned off my gourd first
It's the part where you stand up from your seat and yell :farquaad-point: LOL, OWNED.
"Is this not a live showing of Rocky Horror? Am I not supposed to be throwing bread at the performers here?"
poster responded, but here's an article from the new yorker that has more info
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stepping-into-the-uncanny-unsettling-world-of-shen-yun
ya, this dance troop must be touring US cities at least once a year, I recognize this advertising as well
never actually looked into it enough to see Falun Gong connection
that's freaky as hell
edit:
and I just though this was some Chinese ballet-adjacent thing
Shen Yun is composed of seven performing arts companies,[4] with a total of approximately 480 performers.[5] Shen Yun has performed in front of millions[6] and has toured more than 130 cities across Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia.
Falun Gong adherents pay to rent the performance venue, promote the show, and sell tickets, with the profit going to Shen Yun.[1] The finances of Shen Yun and Falun Gong appear to be linked, with technically separate corporations sharing funds, executives and the same mission.[3] Li Hongzhi [FG founder] describes the Shen Yun performance as a means of "saving" audiences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Yun
in it they say communism made chinese people be gay and be on their phone all the time
Is it actually true Shen Yun can't be seen in China, and for what purpose?
They're making it sound like Shen Yun is some ancient traditional play censored by the seeseepee
they're trying to make it look like everything good and beautiful about China is censored or ended by the communist party
It's actually even better. It's run by an actual cult who hate gay people and race mixing, and think you can fly with your mind.
I posted this pic of the back of the brochure down below , direct connection to epoch times and a television broadcaster founded by falun gong
