Renaissance Faire Perfomers take on "Renfaire" by HBO Max

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Get ready to be blown away as we expose the truth behind Ren Faires in this new series! Explore the world of Ren Faires and festivals like never before in this eye-opening prologue episode.Get ready to see Ren Faires in a whole new light with Ren Faire Exposed! This series will take you behind the scenes of Renaissance faires and festivals to show you what really goes on. Get ready for an insider's look at the world of Ren Faires!Get ready for an inside look at Ren Faires with Ren Faire Exposed! This series will take you behind the scenes of Renaissance faires and festivals like never before. Get ready to see what really goes on at these historical events!Get ready to see Ren Faires in a whole new light! Ren Faire Exposed dives deep into the world of Renaissance Faires and festivals in this thrilling first episode. Explore the history, culture, and fun of these beloved events like never before!Buckle up, history buffs and turkey leg enthusiasts, because the OG himself, Robert Pagan - the youngest entertainment director a Ren Faire ever saw - is back from retirement! Sparked by the doc's explosive revelations, Robert launches Fair Exposed, a no-holds-barred deep dive into the world of Ren Faires. We'll delve into the dark side (yes, there is one!), celebrate the good, old-fashioned fun, and explore the fascinating history that brought these fantastical realms to life. We'll meet the rising stars, the outrageous characters, and uncover the forgotten secrets (including some that might never see the light of day again!).This is your one-stop shop for all things Ren Faire, uncensored and uncut. Prepare to be surprised, entertained, and maybe a little bit grossed out.Stock Images obtained through Canva Premium subscription.

[@steveshumaker728]

Spent a couple of lifetimes working in the festival world. I've seen some truly great things undone when the focus shifted from putting on a great show to making a great profit. The shows suffered. The people noticed. Eventually they stopped coming. Nobody in charge could figure it out, so they just gave up. But they couldn't bear the thought that someone else with vision would succeed where they failed so miserably (they loved their "power" over people), so they took their ball and went home. It's happened countless times. Only people with the spirit of theater over profit can save us. Yes, the Fests and Faires need to show a profit, but not at the expense of the performers who the public comes to see.

[@kennethfharkin]

I’m looking forward to seeing your following videos and believe you are making an excellent point. I have friends and family involved with the SCA and my impression is they are similar to the performers at these professional events in that they do this for the love of it and their perceived place in the constructed social hierarchy and society they live in. Many aren’t, to be blunt, achieving much outside this world so it really becomes their core reality. Now take someone like that, tie your hobby to your livelihood for decades, and you get people like Jeff to a large degree and Darla in the show. Jeff loves this world and has done NOTHING outside of it for his entire adult life. Darla seems similarly tied to it. Now mix that with a personality they owe everything to like George and you have the perfect abusive relationship. Jeff couldn’t move on with his life, he came back begging to George. George exists to manipulate people in the empire he built. Everything is about control and even abuse when he can do so. He abuses the direct employees he hs full ownership of brutally because he gets joy from it. For those he can’t control directly, like Louie and the Greeks who were potential buyers, he gets his thrills from stringing them along and playing with them when he clearly never intended to sell. I haven’t worked in a fair but I’ve worked in a corporate situations with borderline psychopath executives whose entire existence revolved around their position and the power it gave them over others. They would never willingly give that power up, they have to be dragged out. Based on that experience it was clear very early George was never going to sell. All he wants to do is play his manipulation games into his grave.

[@RjeromepCreate]

Yes we will be touching on this in one of out next Faire Exposed Video's. Power, Manipulation and Social Control.

[@TheNerdyHomestead]

Havent seen the HBO doc yet, but so far this sounds eerily similar yo what happened to the fair i helped build over the last 2 years. Would love to share my experience to add to the pot of youre interested

[@RjeromepCreate]

The newest episode is out kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3TQfqaMg6mCebc