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August 3, 2009

"Light Fuse and Get Inside." Vintage Village Idiot Performs:
At the Fowlerville Family Fair here, John Fletcher wrapped himself in more than 12,000 firecrackers and got ready to set them all off. He tucked his ponytail under his protective suit, grasped a cigarette lighter with his left hand and planted his feet in a hydraulic bucket crane. As about a hundred people looked on, he gave the order to raise the bucket. "I started to cry a little bit when I put my goggles on and saw the crowd," Mr. Fletcher recalls. He admits he was scared. -- When You Perform in a Firecracker Suit, Every Show Ends With a Bang - WSJ.com

Posted by Vanderleun at August 3, 2009 11:25 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Interesting. In a way, he's like a modern day flagellant, publicly mortifying his own flesh for the benefit of others (and I would guess also to feel a high from the experience and to punish himself for the sins of the past). I wonder whether he's aware of the resemblance, or if it's purely a subconscious thing?

Posted by: Julie at August 3, 2009 12:33 PM

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