Now this was by far my favorite act from The World Showcase of Street Performers. Now, I’m not really
what Mario’s specialty is. He seems to do a little of everything: juggle, cycle, recite lyrics from Queen songs—all while sporting that lovely tight leather ensemble. What he’s
known for, though, is his love of the 70s rock band Queen. Yes. Mario is, as he self-proclaims in the show,
the world’s ultimate fan of Queen. Actually, Queen is one the 5 most important things in his life—along with his mother, his father, any random female he picks out of the audience, and (of course) Freddy Mercury—all of which are symbolized by the 5 batons he juggles. This is not just a show of cycling and juggling. Noooo. It’s also a show of love and drama set (of course) to a soundtrack entirely devoted to Queen’s music. Thus, the show—very much like an onion—has many emotional layers that are exposed with the help of Queen’s music. Here are just a few of these exposed layers:
There is the layer of joy as Mario finds new love in one of the female audience members he chose to participate in the show. This new-found love is, of course, further captured by the Queen song “Bicycle Race” playing in the background. Oh, the love was just fuming through the air.
Speaking of fuming, the layer of joy is overcome by fear when the female participant’s boyfriend comes up on the stage and challenges Mario to a duel. Neither of them had guns, though, so they decided to fight this duel by spitting chewed up banana pieces at each other. It was pretty intense as you can by expression on the audience members faces. The drama of this moment was, of course, further intensified by playing the Queen (ft. David Bowie) song “Under Pressure.”
After the intense duel, Mario, even though he didn’t win the duel or the love of the random female participant, won the hearts of the audience members. There was a feeling of joyful elation as Mario has the audience members, one by one, carry him off the stage with Queen’s “We are the Champions” playing in the background. Yes, Mario. You are indeed a champion among street performers.
Now this was by far my favorite act from The World Showcase of Street Performers. Now, I’m not really what Mario’s specialty is. He seems to do a little of everything: juggle, cycle, recite lyrics from Queen songs—all while sporting that lovely tight leather ensemble. What he’s known for, though, is his love of the 70s rock band Queen. Yes. Mario is, as he self-proclaims in the show, the world’s ultimate fan of Queen. Actually, Queen is one the 5 most important things in his life—along with his mother, his father, any random female he picks out of the audience, and (of course) Freddy Mercury—all of which are symbolized by the 5 batons he juggles. This is not just a show of cycling and juggling. Noooo. It’s also a show of love and drama set (of course) to a soundtrack entirely devoted to Queen’s music. Thus, the show—very much like an onion—has many emotional layers that are exposed with the help of Queen’s music. Here are just a few of these exposed layers: 
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