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9. Wow, thanks for posting this!

Reply to berniesandersmittens (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:36 PM

Jan 1

I'm afraid I don't have time to watch the whole thing; but I'm a bit confused about what I did see, as to whether the action, especially by the human dancers et al., was meant to refer to a particular mythological or other narrative or theme. If any of you have a theory, I'm interested!

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