Posts Tagged ‘circus’

Over Christmas took my 8 year old son to the Circus down at Mornington, it was a great afternoon, great illusions, clowns and aerialists

I think his favourite thing was seeing one of the clowns drag me on stage .. so there were two clowns on stage, and then proceed to put a Dreadlock wig on me and make me pretend to play drums, with only made the young fella laugh louder and harder.

I went to the supermarket this afternoon to pick up some last minute supplies, as I walked in the door two young children were playing and the little girl no more than 4 pointed at me, jumping up and down yelling to her brother and father “Here’s comes the fat man .. look, look!”

Ahh, from the mouths of babes .. I wanted to tell her that I’ve lost 8.5 kilos, but she would have kept yelling.

It didn’t really annoy me, what did was her fathers amusement. But he’s not alone in objectifying obese people and using them as objects of humour and ridicule. In the office just the other week a bunch of people were laughing about the woman who had bought two tickets on Jetstar and Jetstar had assigned he seats apart. That was funny, what wasn’t funny how the conversation and giggling went to the size of the woman.

We all make jokes at the expense of other people, we objectify, we humiliate, we vilify – I do it, I try not to, but I do. Maybe it’s time to stop, think and give due consideration and understanding to all.