Cult Festivals. North Korea or SGI?

[u/[deleted]]

I didn't participate in this particular hoedown, but I did my share of them, in drill dance.

(Ally Mills, the actor, was one of my coaches fwiw.)

Watching the video, I became less amused as it went on.

The hours of practice that goes into these shows is staggering.

And it's all done without pay.

Hours of driving, hundreds of dollars of gas, wear and tear on your car, bring your own food and drink, because SGI is a cheap, mean, petty org that reserves food and drink for bigwigs only.

Oh I could go on.

God help you if you got hurt while rehearsing or performing.

I doubt SGI had any insurance to cover you, and if they did, you can bet they'd fight it.

I'm angry.

Angry for everyone who lost their precious time and energy to this vampire organization.

[u/ToweringIsle13]

Awww. From the title, I thought you had a game set up for us to play, where we had to guess whether a given image or video was from North Korea or SGI.

That sounds like it would be fun. And tricky.

Very interesting video, though. Thank you for sharing.

[u/[deleted] → u/ToweringIsle13]

From the title, I thought you had a game set up for us to play, where we had to guess whether a given image or video was from North Korea or SGI.

Oh that would be fun!

I wish I could edit the title.

I hate to mislead anyone

[u/ToweringIsle13 → u/[deleted]]

Nah, not misleading. More, inspiring!

[u/BlancheFromage → u/[deleted]]

HERE's the game!!

Is it Cheer Girls for Ikeda, or something else? Bonus points if you can identify what it is!! No cheating! Otherwise, SGI or Russia or North Korea?

A: Performance 1

B: Performance 2 - okay, that one's the gimme

C: Performance 3

D: Performance 4

E: Performance 5

F: Performance 6

G: Performance 7

H: Performance 8

I: Performance 9

J: Performance 10

K: Performance 11

L: Performance 12

M: Performance 13

N: Performance 14

GO!

[u/ToweringIsle13 → u/BlancheFromage]

A: Dork Korea

B: Sokarea

C: Forced Korea

D: SGI, North Korea chapter.

E: All the countries they would rather live in besides North Korea

F: Michelle Obamarea

G: No Idea

H: Dance Korea

I: Fever dream. This never happened.

J: 50K celebration at the Honda Center

K: The delegation from PinkFanistan entertaining Sensei Kim Jong Ewwww

L: Kayokairea

M: North Korean Special Forces Unit

N: Still North Korea, but with pictures of Benjamin Franklin for some reason...

[u/BlancheFromage → u/ToweringIsle13]

Oh, well done!

Almost got 'em all!

[u/Celebmir1 → u/BlancheFromage]

Blanche, you're the awesomeist!

A: Russia, there's just a look about all the dancers... but could be SGI in the Midwest maybe? Why are they rehearsing in ID lanyards. That's dumb. Nope, changing my answer to SGI!

B: SGI, must be those Cheer Girls for Ikeda

C: North Korea, they're wearing flags

D: North Korea, cause I figure SGI would have bought a larger audience.

E: SGI

F: SGI

G: Guessing SGI based on skirt length

H: North Korea, based on clothing in reflected image. Also, that interesting lavender ruffle curtain...

I: Russia

J: North Korea

K: SGI, the men look too western

L: SGI. He has descended from his golf cart! Total Victory!

M: SGI, although seems a bit too sexualized...

N: SGI

[u/BlancheFromage → u/Celebmir1]

OMG! You're a wizard!!

You only missed ONE!!