A very odd show!


Luca and I went to the "Bodies" exhibit at the Tropicana today and I must say that I had an interesting reaction to it. I mean, here were these strangely preserved bodies and body parts of actual humans; somebody alive at one time used these preserved bits in their daily lives. Now that's a very intimate and somewhat shocking thing to contemplate, and that is of course, the entire point of this kind of exhibit. It reminded me of one of those Victorian exhibits, "presented for the purposes of education and enlightenment", like the Elephant man. Or even like the doctor on the old porn loops, who would inform you that the "film you are about to see, etc."

What we saw were all these creatures, escaped from the morgue of a mad doctor. What we were told throughout the exhibit was that we were being educated and we were learning about our own bodies so we could become healthier. What rubish. There were families there today with their kids, many under the age of ten years, which I thought crazy; what better way to give your pre-schoolers nightmares and make them behave!

There was one part of the freak show, (I mean the "educational exhibit" ), where you were cautioned that you might want to skip a part and take a different door, and that was the fetus part. Brilliant! As if the flayed and wierdly displayed remains had not been enough, especially considering that up until this point, every dramatically posed cadaver sported a penis. (Oh, yes... and many of the cadavers were posed with footballs, basketballs and tennis rackets, so sporty!).

But it seemed that mostly everyone was buying into the educational aspect of this; if one doesn't, then one is a ghoul, only there to peep and gawk.

At 24 bucks a pop, (3 bucks off for Nevada residents, but you have to ask for it), it's a peep show for ghouls and gawkers, but don't let that put you off.

I'd rather see Celine; just as creepy, but still alive.