London borough apologises for having actor

[itsnotoutthere]

Officials in London's Redbridge borough were left red-faced after a library event designed to promote reading among kids featured a monkey character in a costume that included dangling fake genitalia and exposed buttocks.

The costume and the actor wearing it came from Mandinga Arts, a troupe of street performers based in Clapham South that has "a distinctive style bringing together live music, carnival, street costume, puppetry and dance, drawing on diverse influences from Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa," according to its website. The well-endowed monkey was part of one of the group’s walkabout acts.

Whether this particular style of costume was appropriate for an audience of minors is debatable. Many people complaining on social media believe the answer was a definitive "No."

https://www.rt.com/uk/528935-monkey-costume-redbridge-libraries/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-library-redbridge-monkey-costume-children-event-b945272.html

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Authenticity for the new millennium 

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[Silver]

Should this be moved to the Bigfoot thread?  Oh, it's not his foot that is big.

Edited July 13, 2021 by ted hughes

[Autochthon1990]

Okay, so you still hire the troupe, but how hard is it to tell them "DO NOT USE THE PORN MONKEY! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LEAVE THE PORN MONKEY AT HOME!"?