Bucheon Aiins World Acrobats

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Anyhow, on with this post: when we were walking through Aiins World in Bucheon we stumbled upon an acrobatics show. We were impressed by how strong the acrobats were, sure, but we were a little put off as well. First of all, within the span of fifteen minutes we saw three or four jokes where one acrobat would pretend to lose his step and get hit in the groin. What was more odd was how small child volunteers were used as props. Maybe it’s our parental instincts hitting in, but we were pretty worried for them. As you’ll see in this video, it looks like the girl was crying on stage. That kind of put us off the show, so we left soon afterwards.

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Rachael Murphy
Yeah, I think she was crying. With the boy it looked like he just sat there and they worked a way to make it look like he was helping the act. But with the girl it sure looked like he actually balanced on her, which is a lot of pressure on those bones. Also, the “clumsy acrobat” routine was not appropriate to use on a small child. That’s probably why she started crying, she probably thought she did something wrong to make the acrobat fall. At first I thought the spinning ride they gave the kids was cool until I heard Martina say “What happens if he drops them?” and then I realised that there didn’t seem to be any safety precautions and that’s pretty much when my parental instincts kicked in and I freaked out a bit.
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oh wow are they trying to kill the kids