Indian Talent Show is the Awesomest Thing Ever

The lady judge's look of (deserved) horror is my favorite part, that, and the wall of fluorescent bulbs.

Sooooo, not exactly a Susan Boyle moment, but...

Do they get special purpose built fluorescent tubes for this type of stuff, or are they (+audience and judges) just chillin in a big cloud of mercury??

I'm at a loss of words. wow, just wow. Ok time to go eat a light bulb...nom nom nom

This video really highlights the inferiority of Indian bricks.

OMG! I watched most of that from behind my bravery cushion which I normally reserve solely for horror movies!

At least they seemed to be getting money at the end of it all. It'd suck to do all that for free

That's what I'd do with a cloning machine too, make a whole bunch of badass clones of myself and just walk around all day doing badass things like smashing each other on the chest with sledgehammers.

yeah! you BETTER clap! WOAH!

@imasayer- lol, my thought too

Quick! Draft these guys to fight the walking octopuses?

And this is why the Indian prime minister always has Sikh bodyguards.

This video makes me Sikh.

*speechless*

...picking up slightly my wide open jaw....

I think what really highlights how dangerous that stuff is are the injuries they are left with. I've seen any number of modern circus types acts do stuff that doesn't impress because there are no injuries. IOW you know it's just an illusion, just a variation on the old catching a bullet in your teeth sort of trick. These guys OTOH are bleeding real blood.

@thelibrarianne actually after all that the lady judge is may favourite part full stop. Forget the look of horror, she is lovely.

Sure it's dangerous, but the bleeding shown is more impressive than dangerous. It's only due to the omnipresence of broken fluorescent tube glass, which while sharp, is not strong enough to cause more than superficial cuts.

I'd be more afraid of broken ribs than bleeding to death while performing this act.

>> "the weirdest and greatest display of patriotism the world has seen."

So this is patriotism.

Ok.

It would have been better if the judges had, instead of acting horrified, pretended to be bored.

No one would mess with India for three generations.

Is it patriotism or religious fanaticism? They do display the symbol of the Sikh religion the whole show. (Just a question of curiosity, not trying to judge... I wonder how much is patriotically motivated and how much is due to religious devotion?)