Their tours, which organizers say are paid for by the military, have occasionally stirred some controversy. During the group’s 2005 visit to Baghdad, a female Air Force officer complained that the dancers’ wardrobes and routines encouraged insensitive attitudes toward women in the military.You don't say!
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I like the idea of Iraqi Army officers getting a taste of America at the PG-13 level:
A small group of Iraqi Army officers who are being trained by the marines were so enthusiastic they all but rushed the stage and filled their digital cameras with this sampling of American culture.
Addendum: I also like the use of the phrase "American culture."
The truth is so much funnier than mere jokes.
Don't be ne kulturny, as the Russkies say! Those Rubenesque figures are a paragon of artistic plenitude, methinks.
Okay, okay: I suppose we could identify this (on a heirarchical scale) as low-brow cultural entertainment. That's fine too.
In a somewhat related note: In the past I've mentioned that I administer a bit of grad teaching assistance for required Western Civ courses. As the prof was doctoring the class in the ascent of the 1st Egyptian pharoah (aka, "the Scorpion King"), one of the undergrads proposed that the professor show a contemporary variation on, "The Scorpion King" (featuring "the Rock"; see the link).
Yes: more American Culture...
(and yes, the professor declined the proposal)
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