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Sunday, August 01, 2004

the big purple guy

I don't dislike Barney any less than ever, but after having actually sat through one of his shows for the first time ever (a video of live show on a stage) just days after having seen my own children perform on a small stage in front of only thirty or so people, I have more respect for the kids on the show. Fake? yes. Overly smily? definitely. Cheezy? for sure. And of course they all work right next to the puffy purple guy, bouncing from foot to foot with that creepy white smile. But at least none of them are freezing up/panicking/making faces/staring into space/lifting their skirts to look at their knees and oh incidentally show everyone in the audience their panties....

I do feel sorry for all the parents in the audience. Imagine the water-cooler talk about the weekend, on Monday, with everyone else telling about going to the beach or working on the house or dining out: "yeah, and we, uh, went to see Barney." Oh the ridicule. --------