Slog - Comments on Clowns Sue Seattle Rep http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep Yuri and Dmitri Kuklachev are a father-son team of Russian clowns and proprietors of a cat circus called Moscow Cats Theater. They began training cats in 1977, were one of the first Soviet-era performers to tour the United States, and are famous in 80 countries. They've won awards, been commemorated on stamps, and are beloved by children, grandmas, and cat fanciers everywhere. Last year, Yuri and Dmitri toured the United States and performed at the Seattle Rep. Except they didn't. The Russian clowns who performed at the Rep last April were, apparently, impostors. (Copycats, if you will. And you... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:23:44 -0800 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:33:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by tom in chicago In related news, Larry Harmon, the original Bozo the Clown, is dead at 83.

If bad news comes in threes, then Krusty better be looking out...

]]> tom in chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065773 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:27 -0800 Comment by Ziggity "Tell me that was part of your trick."
"No, Michael it wasn't . . ."

". . . it was part of my illusion!"

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065798 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:46:13 -0800 Comment by Local Lawyer Google the lawyer's name... the web makes him look like some sort of notorious low-quality NY plaintiff's attorney, who also had a medical degree but lost his license.

I don't know how much the lawyer knows about intellectual property law, but I'd be very surprised if he managed to tag the theaters with much here, especially if the theaters didn't know they were being duped by the fake clowns.

]]> Local Lawyer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065802 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:48:07 -0800 Comment by poppy Russian clowns performing with trained cats sounds so cute.

]]> poppy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065822 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:06:10 -0800 Comment by Fnarf A conundrum: is a worse clown a better clown? Since clowning is horrible, the better you are at it, the more horrible you become, right?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065835 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:17:02 -0800 Comment by stacy clown drama aside... thanks for that picture of the cat doing a handstand. It kind of makes this shitty day a little less shitty.

]]> stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065838 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:20:45 -0800 Comment by Bub And where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Well, maybe next year.

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1065862 ??!! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:48:26 -0800 Comment by Dorothy No way. That is crazy.
There is a play in there.... A comedy most likely... with clowns and cats and crazy lawyers and russian guys.

]]> Dorothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066000 ??!! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:48:40 -0800 Comment by Brian Uh oh...

Kirkland Performance Center Presents…
Moscow Cats Theatre
February 21, 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM
These Russian cats are the talk of the country! read more

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066495 ??!! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:05:29 -0800 Comment by Kristin Saw that show at the Seattle Rep, and it totally sucked. $50 tickets, too (given to us my boyfriend's mother). It was terrible, terrible, hollow and terrible. So terrible that I commented on a Slog entry about its inclusion on a Stranger Suggests list, and asked them to reconsider, which they did.

God, it sucked. And it seemed like it would be much better. So this actually makes quite a bit of sense.

]]> Kristin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066517 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1066517 ??!! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:56:16 -0800 Comment by Amy I'm curious about the cats...Could the imposters' cats do handstands? How many trained cats are out there anyway?

]]> Amy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1067593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1067593 ??!! Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:45:28 -0800 Comment by Linda Dean I went to see the phony cat show and it was very disappointing! At the time I was really shocked that the show had had so much hype since the performance was so cheesy.

]]> Linda Dean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1068237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/clowns_sue_seattle_rep#c1068237 ??!! Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:33:35 -0800