04 December 2017

Cracking the Butts ... er, Nuts


I was successfully inoculated Saturday night against a Christmas-season disease: “The Nutcracker,” which I have avoided for decades. 
It’s not Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s fault that his ballet, which premiered in 1892, mutated into a Holiday Favorite. 
Reno’s Brüka Theater targets overly-serious Classical Music aficionados with “Buttcracker.” 
The eighth of that name is short on grand jetés but rich in talent as the festivities swirl through a laugh-out-loud mixture of “Back to the Future,” “The Misfits,” and the Sugar Plum Fairy envisioned as a fabulous Reno showgirl.

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Fatherhood.gov has a propaganda piece on TV that shows a father and daughter singing and enjoying a tea party. Excellent, except for the USPS carrier peeking through the window.

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