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This Performance About Shia LaBeouf The Cannibal Is Weird In A Good Way
It seems like ages ago when we wouldn't groan every time Shia LaBeouf made the headlines. He's been a busy dude since his early Transformers days; since then, he's been kicked out of a cabaret, worn a paper bag over his head as a performance piece, and plagiarized the work of graphic artist Daniel Clowes. But, we can put all our differences aside for this one particular performance of singer-songwriter Rob Cantor's funny song about LaBeouf being a cannibal. And LaBeouf actually makes a cameo doing a "Citizen Kane"-style serious clap.
In the performance, Cantor tells the story of LaBeouf's cannibalism in the style of an 1900s radio drama. Accompanied on stage with him are different SoCal choir groups including the Gay Men's Chorus of L.A., Los Angeles-based Argus Quartet, and the West L.A. Children's Choir. There are interpretative dancers, guys wearing large LaBeouf paper mache heads, aerial silk dancers, and lots of confetti. It's so bizarre that we just can't look away.
And how about these lyrics?
Living in the woods Shia LaBeouf
Killing for sport
Shia LaBeouf
Eating all the bodies
Shia LaBeouf
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