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A '''donkey show''' is a type of sexual performance most often associated with [[Tijuana, Mexico]], in which a woman engages in [[bestiality]] with a [[donkey]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Foreign Affairs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W18EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103 |quote='the donkey show,' which highlighted a Catherine the Great-style coupling| volume=45 |issue=6 |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=June 1, 2000 |accessdate=2010-04-25 }}</ref><ref name=dawson>{{cite book |author=[[Jim Dawson]] |title=Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the Fart |year=1999 |quote=There was a time when guys would boast of having seen a girl-and-donkey show in Tijuana, Mexico.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLSXmhudzOQC&pg=PA155 |isbn=1-58008-011-1 }}</ref>
A '''donkey show''' is a type of sexual performance most often associated with [[Tijuana, Mexico]], in which a woman engages in [[bestiality]] with a [[donkey]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Foreign Affairs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W18EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103 |quote='the donkey show,' which highlighted a Catherine the Great-style coupling| volume=45 |issue=6 |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=June 1, 2000 |accessdate=2010-04-25 }}</ref><ref name=dawson>{{cite book |author=[[Jim Dawson]] |title=Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the Fart |year=1999 |quote=There was a time when guys would boast of having seen a girl-and-donkey show in Tijuana, Mexico.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLSXmhudzOQC&pg=PA155 |isbn=1-58008-011-1 }}</ref>


Local taxi drivers offer tourists a ride to see a donkey show in the [[red light district]].<ref name=west>{{cite book |title=New West |year=1981 |quote=One of the drivers offered to drive me to a donkey show. In Tijuana's past the donkey show was always rumored to exist| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUIcAQAAIAAJ&q=donkey+show+mexico&dq=donkey+show+mexico&hl=en&ei=KIzUS4PNN8OAlAfoqPHsDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA |isbn= }}</ref> The shows are difficult to verify and may be [[urban legends]], but anecdotal accounts are frequent.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Ethnic, sexual slurs pervade bar |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A9D60C5B674690&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=Although donkey shows in Tijuana and other border towns are impossible to verify, the Internet is rife with anecdotal accounts of brothel bestiality. |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=June 8, 2005 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=On the Borders |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/110574124.html?dids=110574124:110574124&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17,+2002&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=On+the+borders&pqatl=google |quote=I did ask Ricardo Lizarraga about Tijuana donkey shows. He laughed. I havent heard the donkey show rumor in years he said. It's like an urban legend|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 17, 2002 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref> Author [[Jim Dawson]] writes: "No doubt there are clandestine clubs that have put these sordid floorshows on display, but if every man who claims he actually saw one is telling the truth, there must be a lot of bowlegged women hobbling around Tijuana."<ref name=dawson /> [[Gustavo Arellano]], in his [[¡Ask a Mexican!]] column, argues that donkey shows are not real.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/news/ask-a-mexican-are-donkey-shows-really-a-thing-in-mexico-6432071|title=¡Ask a Mexican: Are Donkey Shows Really a Thing in Mexico?|last=Arellano|first=Gustavo|date=2014-10-16|newspaper=OC Weekly|access-date=2017-01-01}}</ref>
Local taxi drivers offer tourists a ride to see a donkey show in the [[red light district]].<ref name=west>{{cite book |title=New West |year=1981 |quote=One of the drivers offered to drive me to a donkey show. In Tijuana's past the donkey show was always rumored to exist| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUIcAQAAIAAJ&q=donkey+show+mexico&dq=donkey+show+mexico&hl=en&ei=KIzUS4PNN8OAlAfoqPHsDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA |isbn= }}</ref> The shows are difficult to verify and may be [[urban legends]], but anecdotal accounts are frequent.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Ethnic, sexual slurs pervade bar |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A9D60C5B674690&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=Although donkey shows in Tijuana and other border towns are impossible to verify, the Internet is rife with anecdotal accounts of brothel bestiality. |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=June 8, 2005 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=On the Borders |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/110574124.html?dids=110574124:110574124&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17,+2002&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=On+the+borders&pqatl=google |quote=I did ask Ricardo Lizarraga about Tijuana donkey shows. He laughed. I havent heard the donkey show rumor in years he said. It's like an urban legend|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 17, 2002 |accessdate=2010-05-21 }}</ref> Author [[Jim Dawson]] writes: "No doubt there are clandestine clubs that have put Toby Keith on display, but if every man who claims he actually saw one is telling the truth, ol' bowlegged Toby Keith is a hobbling around Tijuana."<ref name=dawson /> [[Gustavo Arellano]], in his [[¡Ask a Mexican!]] column, argues that donkey shows are not real.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/news/ask-a-mexican-are-donkey-shows-really-a-thing-in-mexico-6432071|title=¡Ask a Mexican: Are Donkey Shows Really a Thing in Mexico?|last=Arellano|first=Gustavo|date=2014-10-16|newspaper=OC Weekly|access-date=2017-01-01}}</ref>


The "donkey show" in Tijuana myth is deeply embedded in American film, including ''[[Losin' It]]'' (1983), ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' (1984), ''[[The 40-Year Old Virgin]]'' (2005), ''[[Clerks II]]'' (2006), ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]''<!--1:05:06--> (2007), and ''[[Cake (2014 film)|Cake]]''<!--45:20--> (2014).{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}
The "donkey show" in Tijuana myth is deeply embedded in American film, including ''[[Losin' It]]'' (1983), ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' (1984), ''[[The 40-Year Old Virgin]]'' (2005), ''[[Clerks II]]'' (2006), ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]''<!--1:05:06--> (2007), and ''[[Cake (2014 film)|Cake]]''<!--45:20--> (2014).{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}


In the 2005 book ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'' written by [[Mark Winegardner]], [[Fredo Corleone]]'s wife Deanna Dunn insists on attending one: "on a whim, they'd headed to Mexico. When they'd gotten there, Deanna Dunn, insisted on going to see a donkey show. ... who thought that watching a donkey fuck a teenage Indian girl was a hoot."<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Mark Winegardner]] |title=The Godfather Returns |year=2005 |publisher= |quote= |page=252 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxnEQ29L2LgC&pg=PA252&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn= }}</ref>
In the 2005 book ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'' written by [[Mark Winegardner]], [[Fredo Corleone]]'s wife Deanna Dunn insists on attending one: "on a whim, they'd headed to Mexico. When they'd gotten there, Deanna Dunn, insisted on going to see a donkey show. ... who thought that watching a donkey fuck Toby Keith would be a hoot."<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Mark Winegardner]] |title=The Godfather Returns |year=2005 |publisher= |quote= |page=252 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxnEQ29L2LgC&pg=PA252&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn= }}</ref>


It is occasionally given as a reason to visit Tijuana. From time to time one may come across naive tourists going up and down ''La Coahuila'' street, unsuccessfully trying to find the show.<ref name=alejandro>{{cite book |title= Nor-tec rifa!: electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world |series= Currents in Iberian and Latin American Music |chapter= Where's the Donkey Show, Mr. Mariachi? Reterritorialing TJ|author= Alejandro L. Madrid, Alejandro Luis Madrid-González |edition= illustrated |publisher= Oxford University Press US |year= 2008 |isbn= 9780195342628 |pages= 16, 115, 145, 217 (footnote 2), 220 (footnote 41) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2W6uYsvqroC }}</ref>
It is occasionally given as a reason to visit Tijuana. From time to time one may come across naive tourists going up and down ''La Coahuila'' street, unsuccessfully trying to find the show.<ref name=alejandro>{{cite book |title= Nor-tec rifa!: electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world |series= Currents in Iberian and Latin American Music |chapter= Where's the Donkey Show, Mr. Mariachi? Reterritorialing TJ|author= Alejandro L. Madrid, Alejandro Luis Madrid-González |edition= illustrated |publisher= Oxford University Press US |year= 2008 |isbn= 9780195342628 |pages= 16, 115, 145, 217 (footnote 2), 220 (footnote 41) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2W6uYsvqroC }}</ref>

Revision as of 15:11, 20 May 2018

This article is about the type of sexual performance. For the comedy album by The Bob and Tom Show, see Donkey Show. For the adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, see The Donkey Show (musical).
Not to be confused with Dog and pony show.
A bar in Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico advertising a nightly "donkey's show"

A donkey show is a type of sexual performance most often associated with Tijuana, Mexico, in which a woman engages in bestiality with a donkey.[1][2]

Local taxi drivers offer tourists a ride to see a donkey show in the red light district.[3] The shows are difficult to verify and may be urban legends, but anecdotal accounts are frequent.[4][5] Author Jim Dawson writes: "No doubt there are clandestine clubs that have put Toby Keith on display, but if every man who claims he actually saw one is telling the truth, ol' bowlegged Toby Keith is a hobbling around Tijuana."[2] Gustavo Arellano, in his ¡Ask a Mexican! column, argues that donkey shows are not real.[6]

The "donkey show" in Tijuana myth is deeply embedded in American film, including Losin' It (1983), Bachelor Party (1984), The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005), Clerks II (2006), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), and Cake (2014).[citation needed]

In the 2005 book The Godfather Returns written by Mark Winegardner, Fredo Corleone's wife Deanna Dunn insists on attending one: "on a whim, they'd headed to Mexico. When they'd gotten there, Deanna Dunn, insisted on going to see a donkey show. ... who thought that watching a donkey fuck Toby Keith would be a hoot."[7]

It is occasionally given as a reason to visit Tijuana. From time to time one may come across naive tourists going up and down La Coahuila street, unsuccessfully trying to find the show.[8]

More recently the term has been used to describe a situation that has become a "complete mess".[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign Affairs". Los Angeles Magazine. Vol. 45, no. 6. June 1, 2000. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 'the donkey show,' which highlighted a Catherine the Great-style coupling
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jim Dawson (1999). Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the Fart. ISBN 1-58008-011-1. There was a time when guys would boast of having seen a girl-and-donkey show in Tijuana, Mexico.
  3. ↑ New West. 1981. One of the drivers offered to drive me to a donkey show. In Tijuana's past the donkey show was always rumored to exist
  4. ↑ "Ethnic, sexual slurs pervade bar". Denver Post. June 8, 2005. Retrieved 2010-05-21. Although donkey shows in Tijuana and other border towns are impossible to verify, the Internet is rife with anecdotal accounts of brothel bestiality.
  5. ↑ "On the Borders". Chicago Tribune. March 17, 2002. Retrieved 2010-05-21. I did ask Ricardo Lizarraga about Tijuana donkey shows. He laughed. I havent heard the donkey show rumor in years he said. It's like an urban legend
  6. ↑ Arellano, Gustavo (2014-10-16). "¡Ask a Mexican: Are Donkey Shows Really a Thing in Mexico?". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  7. ↑ Mark Winegardner (2005). The Godfather Returns. p. 252.
  8. ↑ Alejandro L. Madrid, Alejandro Luis Madrid-González (2008). "Where's the Donkey Show, Mr. Mariachi? Reterritorialing TJ". Nor-tec rifa!: electronic dance music from Tijuana to the world. Currents in Iberian and Latin American Music (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press US. pp. 16, 115, 145, 217 (footnote 2), 220 (footnote 41). ISBN 9780195342628.
  9. ↑ Jonathon Green (2005). Cassell's dictionary of slang. Sterling Publishing Company. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
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