The San Gabriel Tribune writes up the opening day of the SoCal Ren Faire. Not the best writeup: it focussed more on the clothing and the reactions thereto than the faire itself: “The men in tights, ladies overflowing from their corsets, humorous insults, double entendre and the Queen’s English can come as a surprise to patrons. […] Elizabethan women displayed their bountiful bosoms so prominently. […] I think that the husbands might be focused on them more than the kids […] a commonly trumpeted theme is “go forth and misbehave.”
This really ties with something six_gun_samurai wrote about a recent television program on Faire, which seemed to emphasize the notion that “It’s a place to do what you want without worrying about the consequences.” Perhaps this is what the promoters want to convey. Although perhaps more fun visually, it surely will destroy what made Faire special.
