Finding myself in agreement with JohnBotting & Smiles...
The Birdcage reignited old controversies and exploded on the gaythailand forums, with the incarceration of the owner, Aaron's dad..
I would love to see the Birdcage succeed for my own selfish reasons but unfortunately the current management
evokes lots of controversy as well.. The appeal is to the old timers who remember the glory days but many of them
are gone now and fresh new material and guys are the answer, not a trip down memory lane, in my humble opinion..
The problem is somewhat similar to the old Niddys Nook controversy, where the management made outlandish claims
to being the best and sadly it was the best only to friends and family of the owners..All hype and hot air..
Birdcage also started up with outlandish claims to being the best and sadly the shows were only entertaining to hard core
admirers of the old Throb/Splash shows and much the same, with even the same mature performers doing the same show
which looked much worse on a much bigger stage.. So much hype for the talents of the choreographer and just a rehash and remix of
the old, which worked better on a tiny stage..The Marcia persona turns off many of us and when he prances about on the stage,
bad becomes a terrible.. Again this works only for the very few fans with nostalgia for days long past..
I believe the vast majority of us feel compassion for Aaron dad and would love to see the rainbow at the end of the storm..
As Aaron stated, it is low season and it is very quiet in the Pattaya boy bars, even with many closed now..
A visit last nite to Pattayaland Soi 1, even the few bars that were open were quiet.. Lots of eager lads but almost no customers
in Lucky 777 and DreamBoys.. Granted, it was a Buddhist holiday but the trend is less gay farangs with many resistant to part
with their baht unless they see what they are looking for.. By the way, ashtrays were next to the drinks and 2 out of the 3 customers
in Dream Boys were smoking cigarettes and 1 out of 2 in Lucky 777.. Pattayaland soi 1 is an ashtray soi and one should not be surprised
to see customers smoking cigarettes on soi 1, at least for the next few weeks until enforcement empties the ashtrays..
Expectations are not rosy for the Birdcage and I for one would like to see the pundits wrong..
With so many of the bar owners and personalities of Sunee Plaza and the Pattayaland sois gone or out of the picture, it would be
wonderful to see this rainbow shine.. :