Video: Bush Derangement Syndrome, the dance
posted at 6:36 pm on March 9, 2007 by Allahpundit
And so, as it must to all art forms, anti-Bush cant finally comes to dance. The peg, oddly enough, isn’t Iraq but Bush’s malaprops, or “Bushisms” as Slate editor Jacob Weisberg calls them. Weisberg’s been compiling them for years, and for years Eugene Volokh‘s been pointing out how deliberately dishonest Weisberg’s been in taking lines out of context to “prove” what a moron Bush is.
So what we have here, essentially, is a doctrinaire leftist interpreting the work of a liar who’s quoting a man they both regard as an idiot. Of such things are masterpieces made.
The sentiment she’s expressing here, in case you can’t read the projection behind her, is “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” Which, in fairness, wasn’t taken out of context, if only because there’s no context that could make that sound smart.
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The Aristocrats!
(I typed that with BOTH pinkies raised)
unamused on March 9, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Sorry, ballet’s boring enough as it is without trying to make it “political.” Viewed the vid for a bit, but when she didn’t dump herself on her a** after a minute or so the whole point of watching was lost.
Spurius Ligustinus on March 9, 2007 at 6:43 PM
Yeah, tell that to the Tuna!
- The Cat
MirCat on March 9, 2007 at 6:44 PM
Oh, I get it now! First I thought she was just dancing a weird jig. Then I realized she’s moving like a puppet on strings. Check out the shoulder movement. Dennis K. would be proud.
Jiggity on March 9, 2007 at 6:44 PM
That’s … um … deep.
Wonder if PETA had anything to say about the use of the gold fish.
yo on March 9, 2007 at 6:50 PM
modern art really sucks
Defector01 on March 9, 2007 at 6:55 PM
Uh…she’s uh…dancing…with a fish…cruelly imprisoned in a tiny bowl. With out a hearing. It’s ok though. It’s a Goldwater Fish.
ronsfi on March 9, 2007 at 6:59 PM
How I feel about this, I can’t express in words… interpretive dance, maybe (better than her), but not in words.
tickleddragon on March 9, 2007 at 7:06 PM
It was moving… until she showed her sweaty armpits.
Hack Ptui on March 9, 2007 at 7:10 PM
Oh, is that why she looks so jerk(y)?
jeffshultz on March 9, 2007 at 7:16 PM
I wish I had BDS. I think its very easy to make money out there, talent or no talent as long as you have it. People will adore you with money if you have it and show it publicly.
lorien1973 on March 9, 2007 at 7:16 PM
m’kay.
One of the few times i disagree with Bush. I say fillet ‘em all and let Aquaman sort ‘em out.
forged rite on March 9, 2007 at 7:22 PM
AP, how do you know that she’s suffering from BDS?
Maybe the peaceful coexistence of
mankindwomynkind and fish is the one Bush doctrine she agrees with.billy on March 9, 2007 at 7:25 PM
It would have been better if the NYC guy with the Bush mask crawled across the stage with people kicking him in the ass while she was prancing around.
Seriously, the was really a Saturday Night Live sketch, right??
Mallard T. Drake on March 9, 2007 at 7:30 PM
It takes talent to dance well. It takes greater talent to be a good dancer and appear to dance badly. She was mediocre from all perspectives. But aside from that, political dance? I noticed it was late last month. Any (honest) revenue figures available? I’m sure it got as much attention as “TV Executives Puzzled By Dismal Ratings for ‘Save the Planet’ Climate Special…“
Freelancer on March 9, 2007 at 7:32 PM
…choreographed by Beavis and Butt-head…
Zorro on March 9, 2007 at 7:33 PM
You know… the jihadi’s must just about sh*t themselves from laughing when they see stuff like this.
bofh on March 9, 2007 at 7:35 PM
Is this the copy of Dieter’s Dance Party I can’t otherwise find on the web?
Sadly, no.
I am filled with remorse, and it is delicious.
TABoLK on March 9, 2007 at 7:37 PM
Best.post.ever.
After you type it you need to swivel around in your chair and raise your arms.
Max Power on March 9, 2007 at 7:39 PM
It’s very Ministry of Silly Walks
The Ugly American on March 9, 2007 at 7:42 PM
1) I do not think that was a live fish. It appears to be an artificial fish. Notice how the fish is so large it takes up about as much volume as the water itself?
It would not be visible to the audience in the theater or on camera if the fish were too small.
I do not see the fish move at all, which also leads me to believe that this is a prop, or stage fish. I’ll keep my eyes peeled to see if that fish DOES move and I just missed it.
I wonder if the fish has his Actor’s card and is up to date on his union dues.
William
William2006 on March 9, 2007 at 7:45 PM
Pink Flamingo’s version of the Ministry of Silly Walks?
Is this really interpret dance or watching someones three your old have a temper tantrum?
Kini on March 9, 2007 at 7:46 PM
William, I have to admit watching just the fish does mitigate the sheer horror of that dance.
TABoLK on March 9, 2007 at 7:46 PM
Is there any medication for Bush Derangement Syndrome? I’d support a bill that requires the innoculation.
Joshua P. Allem on March 9, 2007 at 8:02 PM
Is she on crack?
Mortis on March 9, 2007 at 8:21 PM
What gets me is that they think they are actually doing something important.
Dimwits.
.
GT on March 9, 2007 at 8:23 PM
Nope, Morty, that’s just what them there folks call “A-h-h-h-h-t”
eeyore on March 9, 2007 at 8:28 PM
Can’t any of you see that the fish is a metaphor for waterboarding?
And the little underhand waving around the T-minus 2:05 mark is representative of an especially rank gas-passing.
Phillistines!
SailorDave on March 9, 2007 at 8:39 PM
Funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. Does she really think she has made some sort of “enlightened” statement (in pink, no less)? The whole thing made me laugh out loud at the absurdity of it.
Suzy-Q on March 9, 2007 at 8:40 PM
I know I am a redneck. I have accepted that.
I know I am not as cultured as the big city folks. I have accepted that too.
But for the love of pete, what in the blue hell was that.
I once saw one of my friends dance with a fish bowl, but he was drunk and he ate the fish at the end of the song.
Sammy316 on March 9, 2007 at 8:42 PM
There was a fish in the dance?
I only watched to see if she was going to pull a “Brittany Spears”…..
PinkyBigglesworth on March 9, 2007 at 9:12 PM
Allah, you’re a riot! I didn’t even watch the post, but I was ROTFLOL when I saw the comment below the main post! HAAHAHA!
lsutiger on March 9, 2007 at 9:18 PM
It’s like something Howard Stern might mock.
Stephen M on March 9, 2007 at 9:18 PM
If you haven’t seen this, DON’T!
Stephen M, there should be penalty of some sort for that, but I have been guilty of doing the same thing, sooooooo……
PinkyBigglesworth on March 9, 2007 at 9:36 PM
One day, a man looked over his fence to see the neighbor girl digging a hole in her garden.
The man asks, “So, whatcha doing digging that hole?”
The girl replies, “My pet goldfish died.”
The man then asks, “Oh, well, then why are you digging such a big hole?”
The girl replies, “Because he’s inside Your Frakkin’ CAT!”
Mazztek on March 9, 2007 at 9:38 PM
I didn’t even bother.
I been fooled by this stuff in the past and you just can’t get the time back.
csdeven on March 9, 2007 at 9:44 PM
What’s your problem? You don’t think we can coexist with fish!? I always knew you were an anti-fishite!
RightWinged on March 9, 2007 at 9:46 PM
I have seen ballet, and this gurl dos not have the skillz. And where is PETA? Isn’t that a turtle in the fishbowl? If so, that was animal abuse!
lsutiger on March 9, 2007 at 9:55 PM
The thought of the people behind this…. art… calling ANYONE stupid brings to mind a level of irony rarely reached in modern civilization.
A sort of apogee of irony, nearly rising to an apotheosis to a deity dedicated to irony.
Capital-I Irony. Bold. Bold and Italic.
Irony.
Merovign on March 9, 2007 at 11:07 PM
“You can’t fix stupid.”
Political dance? Hmm… well I’ll just go and play some political piano now. You can tell the difference can’t you?
Mojave Mark on March 10, 2007 at 12:05 AM
It appears that this woman is performing more of a “Modern” dance style (Isadora Duncan, Bella Lewinski, etc.), as compared to classical Cecchetti, Vaganova (Russian – Riga, Kirov, Bolshoi Ballet style), or some other classical, traditional style of ballet.
She performs the modern style fairly well. I won’t criticize her for that.
The “Artistic” end of it is not something that motivates me. I just do not get the concept behind the “performance.” It strikes me as so subjective that it makes no sense to me.
I can see a bit of fish like movement in her hand gestures, perhaps she is symbolizing humans and fish living in harmony. Who knows?
I enjoy swimming with fish in the ocean, so I know that we already get along.
Bottom line, this “performance” seems to teach me that sometimes some “Art” is too esoteric, too “artistic” for its own good.
William
William2006 on March 10, 2007 at 12:19 AM
Heh, how I enjoyed her loss on that Nov. 2004 day…and that of millions around the globe…let’s ditto that in 2008.
To her ‘art’ I say Scheisse!
Entelechy on March 10, 2007 at 1:08 AM
Is it o.k. to throw a rotten tomato at this dolt?
jaleach on March 10, 2007 at 1:17 AM
I was born in Greenwich Village in the 60′s by well-intentioned artisians who raised me to appreciate all the arts, including dance, and as a result I can’t watch such a sad, pathetic performance without feeling pity. She has training but not talent, and has devoted a considerable amount of time to serious study yet has primitive technique. This is SO perfectly representative of the moonbat perspective: work very hard to pour all your energy into something just to find out later you were absolutely, completely wrong and weren’t even shooting for the right target. Perfect metaphor for the modern democratic party.
JustTruth101 on March 10, 2007 at 1:28 AM
At least she has nice legs.
JeffB. on March 10, 2007 at 2:15 AM
“A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” I noticed that the fish didn’t have a bicycle, was it a male fish?
Modern dance is so intellectual….
shermacman on March 10, 2007 at 8:03 AM
Where’s PETA when you need them? That poor fish couldn’t stand up after being spun around like that.
Hening on March 10, 2007 at 8:29 AM
I don’t care who ya’ are, now that there was funny.
Me thinks that the fish was already dead. Yet another victim of carbon offsets, I guess.
PETA? Ya’ right. Maybe they could show-up and take all their clothes off. So whatdaya’ call that? Smelly dead fish offsets?
Let me know if the ballerina gets any skinnier. I have almost used up my allotment of ACS dental floss.
CyberCipher on March 10, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Was anyone but me waiting for Chuck Barris to pop up on the stage while jamie farr banged the gong?
still468 on March 10, 2007 at 12:58 PM
That’s the most silly thing I have ever seen. I mean it.
Glynn on March 10, 2007 at 1:00 PM
This is ballet a la Spinal Tap: stupid and pretentious. All that’s missing is two little people dancing around a tiny Stonehenge.
Bill Ramey on March 10, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Probably getting a government art grant for thsi sh*t!
conservativecaveman on March 10, 2007 at 7:12 PM
Why so many people with some kind of talent (dance, music, etc) are against the conservative way of thinking?
Is it because they automatically (knee-jerk) have to rebel against authority?
Is it because they don’t use logic?
Is it because they use emotion all the time?
These are not rhetorical questions, I mean can somebody explain? Especially you guys that are or have been in the arts field. I used to play trumpet and some piano, but in no way I can say I had talent enough to live from it.
Is there something in the phsyque (sp) that makes artists that way?
Thanks.
batperez on March 10, 2007 at 7:19 PM
Nice everything that isn’t gray matter. I hope no animals were harmed in the making of that motion picture.
smellthecoffee on March 10, 2007 at 7:30 PM
I have a dance about the clinton/lewensky scandal…
who wants to see it?
assmasterflash on March 10, 2007 at 7:45 PM
Nice rack.
dingoatemebaby on March 11, 2007 at 9:46 AM