Orlando Clown Wows Judges By Playing With His Big Balls
Reporter Julie Pace can’t get over their pendulous size or the masterful way he bounces them around to the throb of pulsating music:
Zipping up the suit and pulling on his hood, Helfrich carefully placed four rubber balls -- each more than 5 feet in diameter -- on the stage. As pulsating music blared through the speakers, Helfrich unleashed the talent he calls Big Balls, which consists of balancing and bouncing the balls, sometimes bouncing them off his body, sometimes bouncing his body off the balls.
What does it take to learn such a talent?
"A short attention span and a lot of time on your hands," Helfrich said.
For more on this exposing report: Ballsy Performance At Forum Tryouts
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Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.
- John Updike
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Labels: Big Balls, evil clown, evil clown balls, Helfrich, performance art
1Comments:
Dear Mr Evilitotes,
I have long been performing by bouncing balls and having balls bounced,
interacting with body and ball,
and I've been doing it in woollen hair-shirts since long before the notion of "yellow lycra" came to be.
As such, I take offense at the "clown" reference. What this man, Helfrich, calls clowning, many of us refer to as "secular selflesh denigration" and would appreciate a proper attitude towards this activity.
Yours in *wince* disbelief,
ZM
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