Ghost of a flea

Artists at Google hosts creative and technical leaders from Cirque du Soleil's TOTEM. They discussed creative inspirations from the show, and some behind-the-scenes insights. Of course, it wouldn't be Cirque du Soleil without a little magic, so the talk also featured a performance.

Totem, a sexualized, racist appropriation of the overly romantic view of the white man who massacred and oppressed the indigenous tribal people of their colonies. Make the Indian woman a sex object, scantily dressed, make the Indian man a homoerotic version. Put them on frigging rolling skates. I despised this production and found it highly offensive in their use of Native American culture, in order to sexualize rollerskating on a platform. Shame, shame, shame.