Crazy Horse - art or porn?

My work team decided to follow the Spore's govt stance on moving towards an open-minded society - they brought 90 of us to watch the Crazy Horse performance at Clark Quay last night. For those of you who aren't familiar with Crazy Horse this is the same famous topless revue from Paris recently 'imported' into Singapore. The night out started with a 3-set course at Le Restaurant, the western restaurant housed just above the theater. I had a tuna appetizer, followed by salmon and dessert of ice cream sandwiched in between 2 dark chocolate slices. The food was so-so tourist fare - edible but not memorable and certainly not worth the price! For $55 a head, it's no wonder that this place is not drawing any fans and I've even heard rumours that they might close down :p.

The ambience was reasonably inviting..the restaurant is decorated in scarlet red finishings and very Victorian style furniture. They have a lounge next door for pre-dinner drinks that looks like a good place to hang out with inviting "Dom Perignon" embroided cushions and even a bed-like chair ;)

The highlight of the evening was of course the show : We were ushered into a big seating area and as I was late, I was seated 3rd row from the stage..which was fine..still great stage visibility in a very plush comfortable chair. Our ticket allowed us one drink and they also served wasabi coated nuts..nice!

The curtains unveiled about 12 half nude ladies wearing those bushy hats that the English Queen's guardsmen are so often seen it, and doing a "salute" number. One cannot help but be drawn to the boobs on display - that is after all, the centrepiece of the whole show. Very little is left to the imagination here - I could basically see everything..the boobs and buttocks (the ladies wore fairly skimpy thongs) - all clearly visible and well-lit.

Honestly, I found myself bored midway through and concluded that this was more for the horny male (especially middle-aged blokes looking for a way to legitimize their thrills) than ladies. Out of all the performances (I think there were like 10 mini-performances), I felt only 2 acts managed to qualify as "artistic nudity". The rest of the performances seemed more like out of a glossy soft porn video. Lots of seductive poses as well as suggestive acts coupled with fake orgasms :p

So my last take ? Crazy Horse = XXX (poorly) disguised as art