The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89725   Message #1694680
Posted By: Windsinger
15-Mar-06 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Reenactors vs. Mere Loonies
Subject: RE: BS: Reenactors vs. Mere Loonies
UGH, Fooles. :P

Medieval and renaissance faires -- whether a weekend shindig put on by your local Lions/Rotary Club/Elks/high school/etc, or the professional ones at state-level with an 8-10 week run -- are a rather different animal.

They're less living history than they are "shows", with a distinct theme-park edge (complete with carneys!) And in the effort to keep appealing to the crowd, or doing what thay THINK will appeal to the crowd, some cheese inevitably results.

Still, if you're there for the atmosphere, it's a righteous buzz-kill to hear something like that. Why not just play some Skynyrd and be done with it?

Slán,

~Fionn

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