text: Zumanity is weak on comedy and mediocre as a Cirque acrobatic performance Advertised as an adultoriented Cirque du Soleil show it too often sputters and misfires nnHighlights The schoolgirl who spins multiple hula hoops and flies through the air was graceful and skilled The African dancers were electric and artistic Finally the topless girls swimming in the giant martini glass were elegant and sensual These exceptions were few and far between nnThe lowlights were the other of the show Countless unfunny jokes and forced attempts at being risque The master of ceremonies spoke with an accent so I guess we were supposed to accept his unfunny dick jokes as European sensibility I found the MCs dumbblonde girlfriend character simply a depressing caricaturennWe were four rows back and thankfully not close enough to be part of the show The MC grabbing the hand of an audience member and pressing it against his thrustout crotch was over the line for me Or holding a banana like an erect dick and yelling at a sitting male audience member to bite it until he finally did was a bit much The audience would nervously laugh out of thankfulness that it was not them being humiliatednnAll would have been acceptable if wellexecuted and funny nnThere were a lot of boobs which was fine The theater was amazing Lots of beautiful bodies So what was wrong I think the producers just tried too hard to push social convention and focused too little attention on basics like presenting likeable characters nnMy wife and I had great seats that cost us nothing Would not go again even for free nnWent straight home and showered