Performance Art: I Hereby Volunteer to Vomit on Susan Sarandon
by Ben Shapiro
According to James Hirsen of Examiner.com, Susan Sarandon had an odd night recently:
Sarandon attended the third anniversary of The Box in New York’s Lower East Side. A transsexual cabaret performer named Rose Wood engaged in projectile vomiting on stage and hit Sarandon with it. Standing nearby were Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. According to Wood it was not intended as an affront to the actress and she didn’t take it that way. “Apparently [Sarandon] got a big kick out of it. She squealed with surprise and loved it when several handsome gentlemen wiped it off of her. She had a ball! I saw her assistant downstairs afterward, and he was moved by it! She was in great spirits,” Wood told the New York Press.
Nothing says fun like vomit.
This sort of “performance art” is the death of true art. I know, I know, art is subjective. But transsexuals vomiting on people is not art – it’s gross. And mostly, it carries an unvarying underlying leftism: the idea that action that is “subversive” is automatically artistic. Art historian Roselee Goldberg sums up performance art this way: “Performance has been a way of appealing directly to a large public, as well as shocking audiences into reassessing their own notions of art and its relation to culture.” Here’s what Janelle Reinelt and Joseph Roach say in Critical Theory and Performance: “The current commodification process of much performance art suggests than any subversive potential inherent in the art form loses its capacity to engage in any radical critique once it enters more mainstream mass culture venues and spectatorships.”
The truth is that performance art is largely a function of critical theory (one of the awful creations of the Frankfurt School), which suggests that any artistic material that is worth its salt ought to criticize. Hence the production of art which is utterly disgusting and disreputable – at least it doesn’t enforce the capitalist status quo by appealing to the people.
Boiled down to its essence, this is just elitist claptrap. Unfortunately, it’s taken seriously by the vast majority of New York and Los Angeles artists, who somehow think it’s cool to be the object of transsexual chunk-blowing.
I’m not a transsexual, obviously, but I’ll make Susan Sarandon and her ilk this offer: I’ll vomit on them at any time, anywhere, so long as they say the same thing – that it’s avant garde performance art worthy of praise. Seriously. I have a very strong gag reflex. Which is just one reason the left’s version of art is so unbelievably hard to stomach.
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I don't know anything about Ms. Sarandon but her attributes are undeniable. Who is she and why is it news when someone vomits on her? It gets curiouser and curiouser. I don't get it.
Every time I hear about this kind of "performance art," I throw up in my mouth a little. Can I get some taxpayer susidies for the art show in my mouth?
Transsexuals vomiting is considered art???? And being vomited on by said transsexual is suppose to be cool?? Thank god I am a conservative who likes REAL art. It reminds me of the time I visited the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. A total waste of money. It looked like stuff my kid would do. The funniest exhibit, four solid paintings, one blue, one red, one white, and one purple. Hung in a square form. According to the guard, the Museum obtained the paintings at a steal, only $100,000!!!! Then we wonder why this crowd cant balance a budget, need a nannystate government, and consider getting puked on by a drag-queen the same as a Beatles performance.
Somewhere behind all of this stupidity has to be our tax money funding this bullshit. What's next? Can I get subsidized for taking a piss?
Where's th4e end of the line?
Isn't exchange of body fluids a way of transmitting HIV? Where is the health inspectors?
My wife works in the dentistry field and she is not allowed to do anything with out a face shield and double gloves, to try to prevent the transmission of HIV
Only if you do it on some religious symbol. To get the largest subsidy it has to be a Christian symbol.
I wouldn't pee on her if she were on fire, but I suppose that's different
Nothing says "mainstream" like transsexual vomit performance art. /sarc
no kidding, congrats on the "assets"
I don't know…something tells me that Suzie was completely grossed out by the tranny-vomit but was too cool or polite to react negatively. How many people – "normal" or "hip" – ever actually criticize "art" that they don't understand or that they find repulsive? I mean out loud, right there in front of the "artist" and the rest of the "art lovers." Not many, I bet. Because people are a) too polite, b) don't want to stand out in the crowd, and c) intimidated by the "experts" who decide what's "in" and what's "out."
Either that or she thought it was just SFX. I never heard of Sarandon being a genius.
Well Ben:
"I’m not a transsexual, obviously, but I’ll make Susan Sarandon and her ilk this offer: I’ll vomit on them at any time, anywhere, so long as they say the same thing – that it’s avant garde performance art worthy of praise"
If you're going to really get into the performance art thing, what say I take a week off and I'll join you. We could escort Mz. Sarandon south of the border. Let her witness and participate in the donkey show……….
Doesn't matter. In my home city gay performers were ejaculating into the audience at one show, and when it was suggested that this was an AIDS risk the minions of political correctness predictably came to the performers' defense and tried to make it all about "homophobia".
After that, I decided anyone who got infected from such a "performance" deserved no sympathy whatsoever.
Now that would be ART!
“Apparently [Sarandon] got a big kick out of it. She squealed with surprise and loved it when several handsome gentlemen wiped it off of her. She had a ball! I saw her assistant downstairs afterward, and he was moved by it! She was in great spirits,”
And, apparently, since Robbins left she's had a hard time finding someone to puke on her during sex. I'll bet she squealed just like a Ned Beatty.
After reading about this what are the chances that Tim Robbin's divorce lawyer had the upper hand in those negotiations?
DUDE!
OW! OW My Minds' eye!
pleae put a warning or something up, Dang!
Hold on — you don't know what else was happening at this cabaret. It takes mere seconds to blow chunks. The average one-woman show is about 90 minutes long. What's the context of the chunk-blowing? Is it really impossible to imagine a worthwhile piece of theater that might involve vomit? Just to pick an easy example: What if the show is about bulimia?
And why take the performer's word when she says that Sarandon — whom she seems not to know — was pleased with the ordeal? There's a difference between being "delighted" and being "polite." While Sarandon's politics are silly, they're not any sillier than passing judgment on a piece of art when you don't know anything about it.
A one-woman show about bulimic transsexuals? Jesus, where do I get tickets?
Well, if we're signing up to vomit on people…I'd like Keith Olberman ..oh wait, he'd probably like it.. okay I'll take um, Matt Damon..no wait, I'd probably not be able to stop…so I think I'll just pass on this show. Thanks tho.
What a waste of a great set of cans.
Isn't she the one living in sin and raising b-tards? At least that's what normal people called them before the yeast of progressivism infected the nation. You can look up b-tard in the dictionary, don't blame me.
Even her mother is disappointed in her. I saw the interview.
Too bad her mother was not pro-abortion. Perhaps Susie can perform a post-partum abortion on herself and enjoy the blessings of other aborted children. It's never too late. It's also sad that the pro-abortion gene is not genetically transmitted or they all would be happy in Dempsey Dumpster Heaven, or as recently discovered, in a doctor's refrigerator.
You gotta admit, being a progressive is a tough job.
Sarandon likes a Roman shower! LOL. Seriously though, I've seen much worse stuff on stage than this. But I still think it's a good indicator of public depravity, not necessarily including Sarandon, but at least possibly, because she apparently supports this kind of "art". (Yawn.)
if you really believe what you just wrote you need to apply for a job in the current admin's spin dept- if you're not already working there. if it was meant as sarcasm, then good job. otherwise, you're just the lead nominee for most idiotic troll post du jour…
I'll stick with Annie Sprinkle.
makes Gallagher's schtick sure seem tame. maybe he could up the ante by using some sort of bloated, festering carcass instead of a watermelon. finally achieve that avant garde approval…
"While Sarandon's politics are silly, they're not any sillier than passing judgment on a piece of art when you don't know anything about it. "
Nothing new… they already have websites for this kind of thing, but one might get fired for viewing them at work.
Well, after all, she was married to Tim Robbins for years… she should be use to it.
in 3-D technicolor!!!
Ah yes. Performance art.
It's not quite a performance and it's not exactly art.
Gallagher's "Beating a Dead Horse"
hey that might actually work
Umm… this wasn't supposed to be "mainstream."
Wow..I saw that photo and forgot she was a liberal for a few seconds…Damn it Janet!
If a waiter is rude or says insulting things to her, does she 'squeal with surprise' or does she get the manager? If she got into a cab and the driver made lewd comments, would she give him a bigger tip? (Well, maybe she would.)
If i went to a show and had something thrown at, or thrown up on me (without a prior warning from the theatre, and given the opportunity to move to another seat), I would not let it go as 'just being art'. I consider it an insult as a paying member of the audience. I would definitely let theatre management know I was mad at this insult, and yes…I wouldn't care if the 'elite' thought I was being a 'Neanderthal' for not 'squealing with surprise' and enjoying being the one thrown up on.
She'd be your new BFF.
But passing judgment on art when he doesn't know anything about it is Shapiro's entire schtick. This is the man who trashed John Updike for being a hack in an obiturary while admitting he hadn't actually read much of the man's work because he wrote too many books and they were too long.
“The current commodification process of much performance art suggests than any subversive potential inherent in the art form loses its capacity to engage in any radical critique once it enters more mainstream mass culture venues and spectatorships.”
This plays right into the gestalt of most performers who are liberal because they believe they can only be free to truly express what is so for them, and vis a vis, others, when they are at the fringes of what is considered artistic to the uninformed. They believe they are imbued with the muse of performance in this state and capable of instructing the great unwashed masses as to the truth of the moment and of life. This exposes the performers elitism and gives license to bizarre behavior that the great unwashed find puzzling and in this case repulsive. Now we find that in art, science, and politics, so called, this revulsion has intensified as the Frankfurt ideal comes to full fruition in American society ad American citizens stare into it's uncovered face of socialism. Enter Tea Party stage right.
Oh gross.
When I first heard the story I thought Sarandon went to a drag show and one of the performers got sick on stage and accidentally threw up on her and she was really nice to take it so well, being a big movie star and all.
This is just about the height of stupidity and absurdity, even for SS.
Anyway, there are only two reasons SS ever made it in Hollywood, and both are on display in the photo.
well, if it gets me an NEA grant big enough to pay off my mortgage and credit card debts, it might be worth it to put up with having her over for dinner now and then.
Susan Sarandon was in 'great spirits' after a transsexual cabaret performer projectile vomited on her.
Yes, folks, that sentence above is real. It actually happened. It isn't make-believe, it's real. Which means we have officially entered the 'Twilight Zone'.
I have a better definition of performance art.
Performance art is the chosen medium of expression of the self-indulgent individual who can neither act, sing, dance, compose, write, paint, sculpt, design fashion, play a musical instrument, take photographs, tell stories, perform magic, nor pretend to be trapped inside an invisible box.
Wow, what an opportunity….what time does the party start!
I will, for a small fee, demonstrate my newest "art form" that entails pooping on S Sarandons head from the second floor balcony. This may sound easy, however it can be extremely hazardous and quite disgusting if not done properly ie: only the most liberal Hollywood elites should be used for targets or participants if you will. Anyhoo I guess I am saying that I would be willing to crap on most of todays "biggest stars" for a nominal fee.
Umm…I know that. Or did you miss the "/sarc" ending on my comment?
My point is how out of touch she and her ilk are with those of us in flyover country. I mean, with those who make the country work.
Schadenhurlage!
Now THAT'S funny…..
nice!
I'll bet the second she unhooks her boulder-holder they look like tube socks with bowling balls in them.
My dad used to call em "knee-shooters"
Oh, disgusting! Why wasn't this person thrown in jail for public indecency? Nasty! I could have gone my whole life without that image in my head.
I thought I burned those Blackmail photos…
Bill: Let me know what you find out. I'll be right behind you.
The internet is forever…..
cant here you… this invisible box is sound proof…
Whoa…..why would you abuse a poor donkey like that?
Meh….Gallagher was doing this for years before transexuals got on board….
What's worse than having someone projectile vomit on you on purpose??
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I will, for a small fee, demonstrate my newest "art form" that entails pooping on S Sarandons head from the second floor balcony.
How very Jungian.
The first three rows get a free Silkwood shower after the show!!
If transexuals throwing up is art, then Bourbon St. in New Orleans is the Louvre……………
The problem is not the context of the vomiting. It's vomiting on other people. Unless this perfomer became ill on stage and mistakenly vomited on audience members, there is really no justifiable explanation for it. It is juvenile, disgusting, and unhygienic and has no artistic value whatsoever. It is only there to shock and make shallow thinkers believe they have been enlightened by a radical act of showmanship.
If you avoid a restaurant you've never eaten at because someone told you they saw roaches on the floor, you are being judgmental but certainly not silly. Knowing that a performer sprays the audience with vomit is all the information one needs to make an informed judgment about the value of this show.
I do so appreciate -hell, I'm delighted- that you,chose to merely throw up on us figuratively. However, in the future, you may wish to better digest the subject matter before regurgitation. Puking on one's audience is never appropriate e.g. your remarks.
WAY-TO-GO…….Hank
What nakes you think it would be her first time?
Gives a new meaning to the term knee slapper.
Try wikipedia. In short she's about 64, not half as pretty as the little pic and tons of makeup make her seem. Ya, great boobs if you like knee length stretchers. Anyway her politics are atrocious. Husband is Tim Robbins. Her new love for vomit is prolly a welcome relief from having her head in Obama's bunghole. Seriously think, female Sean Penn.
Nothing says "socialism is great" like a millionaire hollywood actress wanting the rest of humanity to be poor.
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Anal fisting someone on stage and then throwing their feces at the audience. (Just one example I had to witness once. Luckily I wasn't in the front row. Last time I visited that club.)
It's a durn shame.
A babe like Susan Sarandon, with a body like that, and a brain the size of a prarrie dogs. Pitiful.
Everytime I think 'now they've hit the bottom' they prove me wrong, so I don't think we will see a bottom or the end of the line as long our tax dollars support this garbage. I don't think they would stay afloat for 3 days if they relied on ticket sales to support this idiocy.
Feces stew mixed with the bodily fluids of several people is my guess.
Having said that, it's likely to be much worse.
FYI: I answered with an example, but it was not published by the moderator, which is not surprising and quite okay, if you ask me. Let's just say that there are worse things happening on public stages.
Wow, thank God I'm out of the loop on that….
There you go insulting prairie dogs. Do you think a prairie dog would seek out someone vomiting and get in the line of fire on purpose?
or 36 Long
If I'm not mistaken, they were never married. They just shacked up for 21 years, and had 2 sons together. Not to say they weren't ralphing on each other though.
Errr- what beyond "projectile vomiting on the audience" does one need to know? Are you suggesting that there is any conceivable form of legitimate artistic expression which involves public puking? Sheesh.
"But other than that, how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?"
"But passing judgment on art when he doesn't know anything about it"
What more does any rational person need to know about it?
You may not want to know this , but there is a certain class of porn, usually made in Germany….
This post is a friggin' hoot, Ben.
Well if you are not intelligent or worthy enough than you can not see the Emperor's clothes, metaphor for the left, phonies.
too bad she is an old lady leftie because she does have nice cans…..
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They look nice all rolled up and stuffed into a dress, but once unleashed……
Not sure what it is about the nice looking lib chicks. I think when they passed out brains Susan was standing behind the door while on the other hand she obviously went through the boob line more than once.
Nothing special about her Tatas. Anyone who wants them can buy them.
Speaking of boobs, at least she got rid of Tim Robbins.
as an aside, she has always had them…
look at 'Joe' with Peter Boyle. Believe it was her first film, 1970 or so. Skinny, bug eyed, but busty even back then…
and ever and ever…
Too bad Susan is a left wing kook. She really does have huge…..tracts of land.
Common law marraige/domestic partnership then, but yes you are correct.
I'm German, and I have no idea….
Had a friend that loved modern art. We went to the Boston museum, (late 80s), where cut hammers were glued to a canvas.
Oh well, I still got a chance to go look at some Monets and a few Sargents.
Said it before and I'll say it again: There's no envelope left to push.
That there is a name for this proves my ability to imagine grossnes is way behind the curve. Maybe they went to a showing of 2 women and a cup after that?
Dude just got your movie from Amazon. Gonna watch it tonight.
i can see it on the marquee: "Bob- the Amazing Human Pigeon!"
There are plenty of celebrities that make me want to puke at times. They're smart enough to keep their distance however.
By far, I find that you can see much better art for free in NYC at the galleries in and around Chelsea.
I imagine she gets that a lot.
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