r/cringereels • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 15h ago

Choreographer & Performance Artist

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u/Shane-Dad-underfire 15h ago

People pay to watch this stuff too. My wife was trying to cozy up to some artsy types and they dragged her to something like this where someone was portraying the irony of capitalism and its slavery with an actual iron and ironing board.

200 dollars a seat to watch some angry college grad iron clothes in varying states of frenzy and proficiency. Even asked for audience members clothing and ruined some. Folks werent even angry... when she told me all about this I lost a little more faith in humanity.

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u/ExtendoArmCannon 15h ago

Remember that these are the same people who shout "Read more theory" while pretending to be smarter than everyone else in the room.

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u/Mountain-Singer1764 15h ago

It's notable when people keep telling you to 'read Lenin' but they never actually quote or explain any of his theories.

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u/unlikely_spider 15h ago

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

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u/TheRobbuddha 15h ago

One of my favorite Lenin quotes

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u/_J_Herrmann_ 14h ago

happiness is a warm gun.

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u/AreWeThereYetNo 14h ago

That’s not Lenin. It’s Gal Gadot

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u/accents_ranis 14h ago

Well, the author of those words actually read Lenin.

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u/AstroPygmy 15h ago

Pfft, try Dostoyevsky whilst imprisoned, poseur!

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u/Responsible_Mode3663 14h ago

I am the walrus.

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u/awsunion 12h ago

No it isn't. The people in that room were just bored and looking for something offbeat.