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Vivienne235729

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15. We went to see it a few years back. We enjoyed seeing the performance & the beautiful costumes.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 02:47 PM

Feb 2020

But having said that, I felt the political stuff detracted from the show. They should have stuck to just the dancing and pretty outfits. That's why anyone goes. We wouldn't go again bc of that.

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Have any of the Loungers seen Shen Yun? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 OP

All I know is that it's produced by Falun Gong. RandySF Feb 2020 #1

I didn't even know that. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #8

Check the prices SCantiGOP Feb 2020 #2

And they want dudes o show up in jacets and ties and gals in dresses. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #7

Please don't its connected to epoch Times Falun Gong trumps biggest ad buyer on FB lunasun Feb 2020 #3

I read RandySF's New Yorker article. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #6

Oh sorry I did not see it was in the Lounge . I guess I brought politics in to the post . Can delete lunasun Feb 2020 #9

No. Its all good Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #12

I'm not going to comment on the politics of its owners/advertisers, Dan Feb 2020 #4

Seems like a fair answer Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #5

We went... dhill926 Feb 2020 #10

After reading all this, I get that. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #13

NO--er, I mean yes I saw it, but no not worth seeing cyclonefence Feb 2020 #11

That was probably not a lie about the newspaper if you were selected . They have a very large lunasun Feb 2020 #14

We went to see it a few years back. We enjoyed seeing the performance & the beautiful costumes. Vivienne235729 Feb 2020 #15

Saw it about a year ago. Very bright, vivid colors, acrobatic dancing. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #16