ERAr.

So we went to see ERA tonight. I had high expectations which was probably why i was disappointed. well, it's not the only reason i was disappointed but one of them. the other one was because i saw the Wuhan acrobats and they were AMAZING. i wanted to see something just as spectacular but these acrobats just weren't. they were also older than the Wuhan acrobats, which featured really young kids. dkf saw cirque du soleil many times and of course felt ERA just wasn't impressive. but it was his first chinese acrobat show. i think it's partly because these particular acrobats perform daily and may not rotate with other acrobats. therefore, they may lose their "freshness." the props and themes seemed outdated and cliche and just not cutting edge enough. but still, i admired their ability to do pretty unhumanly things that i could never do, so i still marveled. but the finale was by far the most impressive: acrobats on motorcycles circling in a large cage, going reeeeeeeeeal fast. they kept adding the quantity of cyclists, one by one. at one point, there were 5 of them! to be honest, it seemed more dangerous than it was worth. but all were safe. i had not seen that act at the other acrobats show. that was the clincher.

ERA's slogan was Miss it and you Miss Shanghai. i disagree. you're not missing much.

seeing ERA was an ERAr.