CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Ringling Brothers Circus Flies O’er Troubles With Greatest of Ease

NYTimes.com: "Five minutes into each performance of “Zing Zang Zoom,” the new magical menagerie from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, an 8,500-pound elephant named Asia seems to vanish abruptly in a grand illusion. Is it possible this disappearing act presages the future of the circus itself?"

1 comment:

Ethan Weil said...

It is surprising that the circus leaders aren't too worried, I didn't know that demand for the circus was that stable. It's interesting that the animal rights question is falling under the endangered species act, while what they do might be right or wrong, they certainly aren't making elephants extinct by how they transport them.