VIENNA, Austria—Mike Lompoc, the "guy Friday" in his office building, spent his Friday evening watching the Chinese Spectacular.
"It's very interesting to see the differences, for me, between an Asian show and an American or European way to put on a show," said Lampoc.
"Because the European or American ways are action, action, action, and this is much more on the slower side. That's the big difference. Sometimes you see Asian movies, especially from South Korea—they are very slow motion movies. It's the big difference for me, and I enjoyed it very much."
"It's a different way of thinking, different way of acting, and a completely different way of expression. It's much more on the inside than [the European]. Much smoother."
He continued, "I think what surprised me the most about this show was [that] it's not very usual to criticize the Communist Party, it's easier to do that abroad in a show. If they would have performed it in China I'm sure they would get big problems. To stand [up] for human rights should be normal but it isn't, but people stand in for money ... I think it's the necessary way to do it, about human rights, it's a good part of the show. It's good to show to stand up and fight for your rights, and also stand up for the rights for other people, not only for your own."
"The act I remember the most was the one with the cups on their heads— The Mongolian Bowl Dance. And the one from Tibet with the long scarves [ Snowy Mountain White Lotus ]. I'm married to a Chinese woman and she's been here in Vienna for five years now, and she didn't know that Tibet was overrun by the Chinese government because in school they learn it was a Chinese province from the beginning. So she heard it for the first time from me that Tibet was run over. At first she didn't believe it, so she looked it up on the Internet."
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