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re: Chita Rivera The Shriner Ballet from BYE BYE BIRDIE
Posted by: singleticket 02:36 pm EDT 06/22/21
In reply to: re: Chita Rivera The Shriner Ballet from BYE BYE BIRDIE - jeffef 12:54 pm EDT 06/22/21

I don't find it misogynistic. Weighed against the maypole mating rituals of the kids in the musical, this is an adult to middle-aged cartoon version of sex, it's meant to be slightly embarrassing as everyone in the dance is slightly embarrassed.

It's got a lot of olde fashioned tropes buried in it... the novelty number from vaudeville, the harem dance from the travelling carnivals. But does anyone even know what a Shriner is anymore?
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