Art or Pornography?

"Todd Robbins, the dean of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow School, pounds a nail into his nostril in a demonstration of the 'human blockhead' stunt for a class in New York on May 10, 2002. The six-day, $600 course teaches students to execute the stunts performed at Coney Island Circus Sideshow including fire eating, sword swallowing, and walking on glass. Robbins, who started the school this month in response to a decline of sideshow talent, said the school 'is for anyone whose had the desire to run away and join the circus and just learn how to do some really cool things that are beyond the capability of the average person'."


	5/26/2002:
"Todd Robbins, the dean of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow School, pounds a nail into his nostril in a demonstration of the 'human blockhead' stunt for a class in New York on May 10, 2002. The six-day, $600 course teaches students to execute the stunts performed at Coney Island Circus Sideshow including fire eating, sword swallowing, and walking on glass. Robbins, who started the school this month in response to a decline of sideshow talent, said the school 'is for anyone whose had the desire to run away and join the circus and just learn how to do some really cool things that are beyond the capability of the average person'."