I'm not a fan of circuses, but I support animal slavery. So by that token, it was great. My sister got a batch of tickets and forgot to tell me she changed the date from wednesday to tuesday. I was a bit pissed off that I'd miss the game but it was playing on the big screen at the MTS Centre so I was ok. Had my radio going as well.
Seriously though, the animals did not really do anything all that special. Lions jumped for meat, Elephant walked around and showed how gentle it could be around humans, horses were horses, there were some baboons. There was nothing particularly abusive about it. Sure there are elephants that are abused in indonesia. But hell, even people are abused in indonesia so no matter what species you are what can ya do. Animal rights activists would ban the westminster dog show or pony rides at the ex if they could. And this circus wasn't really on a level higher than that.
Aside from the animals, there were some decent acrobatics. There was a chick who was pretty good with hula hoops, though for some reason she was doing her thing to Cotton Eyed Joe. I almost walked out right then and there but I listened to the Jets game on the radio instead and tried to tune it out. It's a shame, cause otherwise her routine was pretty cool.
I wouldn't have attended the circus if there weren't any animals. A circus without animals is a mockery of the word circus.
