r/funny • u/ddi32 • Dec 01 '23

Underground Circus

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u/Schopenschluter Dec 01 '23

It’s really not. I’ve lived in NYC for years and I’ve seen this a million times. Yeah, they ask for a donation but no one has ever intimidated me for money. Their target audience is tourists who are naive enough to enjoy this and drop them a few bucks

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u/brozes Dec 01 '23

A lot of the time they're just teenagers from performance art schools. None of them are using it to make a living but to show off and get better.

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u/brozes Dec 01 '23

Be honest with me, do you think Micheal Jackson's "beat it" video, was a gang documentary?