I can just imagine the auditions. All the hopeful, potential back-up dancers lined up after their try-out, the singer walking down the line before stopping in front of a sweaty, excited Pikachu, pointing and saying "I choose you!"
I mean it's better than studying 4+ years at a major university, being in debt for thousands, and your first gig is retail/service industry. Both crappy situations.
I remember seeing someone getting a tattoo of that shark shortly after that event and the meme going viral. Everyone told them they are stupid as a year or 2 from now no one will remember it at all. Almost 10 years and I still see that dam shark.
i dont think they know what viable means. this is like saying gosh, someone won the lottery, i didnt realize that mega millions was a viable retirement strategy.
there is a banana show in Amsterdam that she is a fan of. the preformers of the show use bananas as props is various locations. that is all that is known. the allegations are that she forced her backup dancers to attend and get involved more than they wanted to.
She may have made some of her backup dancers ear bananas that had been put inside the vaginas of other performers. Didn’t want to learn more details. That’s why all the Lizzo/banana posts/comments lately.
She didn't force em to put bananas up their vaginas xD. They went to a nude cabaret where one of the performers there was shooting stuff out of her vagina. Stuff included bananas and dildos. It's part of the performance to eat the banana, as I understood so she was probably encouraging the dancers to try it. I dont think that part is too weird. The crazy religious right hand of Lizzo is insane tho. Also the entrapment and working conditions.
???? It's not a defense it's facts. They went to a naked cabaret and she was encouraging them to try it from the performers vagina as it was part of the act. She didn't force anyone. She did way worse things but you just want to lie about the bananas because it's funny to you. I feel like the illegal entrapment and dancers peeing themselves cause they scared of losing their job is worse. As for the touching of the breasts I agree it being very bad but I do not have enough information. 1/2
In America, employers get to use health insurance to enslave you, all while keeping you one paycheck from homelessness. Anyone who asks "why don't they just quit?" outs themselves as being in the privileged small minority of people.
I'm sure they are paid awesome and can just quit. They surely will get another job fast, because this weirdo woman will totally speak highly of them to her colleagues.
The three allegations are 1) She took her employees on a (semi?)optional trip to a banana show during the Amsterdam portion of her European tour. Some people were encouraged to eat a banana OUT of a stripper; one dancer was compelled to touch a boobie. 2) Her second-in-command brings up religion too often and it made one dancer feel uncomfortable. 3) Lizzo berated one of her backup dancers for becoming too fat to dance effectively.
And the director for her movie quit due to hostile working conditions and is also now involved in a lawsuit. Red flags there when the person filming the documentary about you says you're hostile and terrible to work with...
She pretty much forced prostitutes to use bananas down there and then pretty much forced her dancers to eat said bananas. Among other things, but this is the biggest "What the actual fuck?"
So I doubt in the red light district at a place that is called bananarama or some shit that she forced the workers to insert said bananas but inviting subordinate coworkers out to red light district probably wasn't a good idea.
Yes, when you are famous and have power over people you REALLY need to watch yourself because even if you don't mean to pressure your team, you can pressure your team. I love Lizzo and a lot of the allegations seem out of place But this worst one. . . Seems to have truth behind it. Feel for the dancers for sure.
easytigger
Man, and I've been doing that for free. Outside your house. Late at night. Alone.
Woolytop
The person in there is probably boiling.
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
I don't think I am coordinated enough for even that simple dance
ShutUpImWorking
darksniperknight
Bananaformeow
My 3 1/2 year old son says "yellow bunny!" when he wants to watch Detective Pikachu. 🥲
blaghart
downside is you have to be a 5'2" japanese woman to qualify
Bojovnik84
arikelrecords2000
That suit has to be wetter than a swamp after that routine, but you know what's got to be even worse?
SteveTheEgg
He knew pikachu, but everyone knows pikachu.
Morganelefay
Those suits are boiling hot though. Source: Spent a day in one.
lljkstonefish
Looks like plenty enough room for a few LiFePO4 batteries and some fans.
TheFastpaws
Japan has issues but I will damned if they do not also produce some good shit!
Pixelcake2D
vash77
Imalwaysready
I can just imagine the auditions. All the hopeful, potential back-up dancers lined up after their try-out, the singer walking down the line before stopping in front of a sweaty, excited Pikachu, pointing and saying "I choose you!"
filiuspelei
That must be exhausting!
Howlingowl
Funny thing about those pikachu costumes: if they ever lose pressure you can literally suffocate in one
Novalightgoesboom
He says while the persons inside roast from their own body heat.
MisterOates
Just but imagine how hot and sweaty you would be afterwards.
marthafarquar
These Pikachu's always appear with people nearby as if the suit deflates the person inside can suffocate.
TMCybersnark
I still think those guys should've been dressed like Team Rocket.
dontfloatmygoat
How many pickachus are there!?!
YouAlreadyMutedMe
I'm more qualified for Left Shark
implosion3
nokia58
Eddi3v
When you studied 4 years for a degree in "BA Dance and Drama" and this is your first gig
TheReptileDysfunction
I mean it's better than studying 4+ years at a major university, being in debt for thousands, and your first gig is retail/service industry. Both crappy situations.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
That's a bit unrealistic. You can't expect to land your dream job right away. This person just got lucky!
Inarticulated
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DrRad
Wait. Backup dancer FOR Pikachu or backup dancer AS Pikachu?
NickRivieraMD
asking the real questions
symbholic
Is that a rumba?
Buildosaurus
hnngh
itxtalone
left shark is best shark, he was seriously trying
vincentleeprice
I remember seeing someone getting a tattoo of that shark shortly after that event and the meme going viral. Everyone told them they are stupid as a year or 2 from now no one will remember it at all. Almost 10 years and I still see that dam shark.
Javertitus
Hifi Rush, a game that came out this year, makes a pretty substantial left shark joke. Nobody has forgotten.
BlitzerRhames
To the Shark, he was Right Shark
Blackcurry328
*Stage Right Shark
Skullwriter
Your comment needs far more upvotes.
PixelSprite64
alecmb2012
Song?
PixelSprite64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrqQxl5o3eg
LeYuno
full song for those interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUWUtTZvK4
SilentStar93
We must destroy the evil power!
FluffyFoxxie
I love you. Let's be best friends and destroy American Capitalist government!
SilverFoxChaser
I think it's just 'backup dancer'. If you're lucky you get Pikachu. If not, Lizzo.
ptenopus
I would rather Snorlax than Lizzo.
HighlandViking
PenisOfDeath
Beat me by a whole ass 2 hours.
Whyyeah
missed it by that much
kitnnicole9
That's the spectrum of life.
GoblinQueen69
KommSusserTod
Aw man, I wanna be Left Shark.
080080
mannycheeks420
That Lizzo story is bananas my dudes
FurtiveGlancer
Mindshard
Well, I guess at some point in your career, everyone is forced to eat a chlamydia-soaked banana in one way or another...
sammyismycat
Perturaboss
i dont think they know what viable means. this is like saying gosh, someone won the lottery, i didnt realize that mega millions was a viable retirement strategy.
RandAIFlagg
I would also enjoy being Left Shark
FukcTedCruz
LobotomyCorp69
That smile... That damn smile.
NachoPete
NickRivieraMD
we went from charming to disgusting real quick here
ThaWhiteRanger
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Kirj4v4
What happened with Lizzo?
QueTeValga
If I had to read this, so do you (if you wanna). Also, I'm convinced that I have yet to listen to a Lizzo song unless you include her flute playing on the Eric Andre Show. https://slate.com/culture/2023/08/lizzo-lawsuit-dancers-allegations-shirley-quigley-banana.html
TossABabyYodaToYourWitcher
Ansph
Nuthin. What's the Lizzo with you??
GoblinQueen69
It's pretty wild, but you can read the whole case here. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23893269-davis-williams-rodriguez-v-lizzo-et-al
AboutasSnappyasaZipper
Wow… who needs sex novels? And fuck her religious lieutenant
BoringOC
Ooof, nothing good. Can't trust no one these days.
rusrsdude
Idk exactly, but i read somewhere that one of her backup dancers soiled herself.
jplusc
there is a banana show in Amsterdam that she is a fan of. the preformers of the show use bananas as props is various locations. that is all that is known. the allegations are that she forced her backup dancers to attend and get involved more than they wanted to.
DownloadOnIphone
She may have made some of her backup dancers ear bananas that had been put inside the vaginas of other performers. Didn’t want to learn more details. That’s why all the Lizzo/banana posts/comments lately.
Domivla
She didn't force em to put bananas up their vaginas xD. They went to a nude cabaret where one of the performers there was shooting stuff out of her vagina. Stuff included bananas and dildos. It's part of the performance to eat the banana, as I understood so she was probably encouraging the dancers to try it. I dont think that part is too weird. The crazy religious right hand of Lizzo is insane tho. Also the entrapment and working conditions.
Arbitrarynamehere
It's very bad to force anyone to do anything remotely sexual in nature without their consent. There's no defense here.
Domivla
???? It's not a defense it's facts. They went to a naked cabaret and she was encouraging them to try it from the performers vagina as it was part of the act. She didn't force anyone. She did way worse things but you just want to lie about the bananas because it's funny to you. I feel like the illegal entrapment and dancers peeing themselves cause they scared of losing their job is worse. As for the touching of the breasts I agree it being very bad but I do not have enough information. 1/2
LadyLurkingham
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SERIOUS
paintingagency
YES. EAR BANANAS.
flyingmonkeystick
Also, she was fat shaming them while being an overwhelmingly obese fuck herself.
TheMostKink
And now you're fat shaming, too.
FurtiveGlancer
WTF - "made them" - why didn't they walk out?
Arbitrarynamehere
It's called coercion, chief
Mindshard
In America, employers get to use health insurance to enslave you, all while keeping you one paycheck from homelessness. Anyone who asks "why don't they just quit?" outs themselves as being in the privileged small minority of people.
LordBraindead
I'm sure they are paid awesome and can just quit. They surely will get another job fast, because this weirdo woman will totally speak highly of them to her colleagues.
Airwolfen
Because she can make or break your career. Position of power.
CGWN
The three allegations are 1) She took her employees on a (semi?)optional trip to a banana show during the Amsterdam portion of her European tour. Some people were encouraged to eat a banana OUT of a stripper; one dancer was compelled to touch a boobie. 2) Her second-in-command brings up religion too often and it made one dancer feel uncomfortable. 3) Lizzo berated one of her backup dancers for becoming too fat to dance effectively.
Beezlebubble
And the director for her movie quit due to hostile working conditions and is also now involved in a lawsuit. Red flags there when the person filming the documentary about you says you're hostile and terrible to work with...
CGWN
I didn't hear that one... that is a bad sign.
FartingWiener
I thought she encouraged people to be fat
DisUsernameAmsDildos
tzahtman
She encouraged people not to hate themselves, which is not the same as encouraging being fat.
TexMexHex
Rules for thee! Not for me! Ye pleeb!
CGWN
I think the message is that fat people can still do things. If the people around her get too fat to do things, that's a problem for her brand.
lljkstonefish
So basically, morbid obesity is actually not great?
WarlockSniper
She pretty much forced prostitutes to use bananas down there and then pretty much forced her dancers to eat said bananas. Among other things, but this is the biggest "What the actual fuck?"
WarlockSniper
The fuck, why did I get downvoted ?
WarlockSniper
So no response, only more downvotes. Which sad figure doesn't even answer this question?
CurvyCountess
So I doubt in the red light district at a place that is called bananarama or some shit that she forced the workers to insert said bananas but inviting subordinate coworkers out to red light district probably wasn't a good idea.
WarlockSniper
And it was pretty much a case of "do as Ibsay, or you may risk your job". Yugh.
CurvyCountess
Yes, when you are famous and have power over people you REALLY need to watch yourself because even if you don't mean to pressure your team, you can pressure your team. I love Lizzo and a lot of the allegations seem out of place But this worst one. . . Seems to have truth behind it. Feel for the dancers for sure.