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Shamu is actually the stage name for any number of orcas trapped in a watery show-biz hell at Sea World theme parks in San Diego, San Antonio and Orlando. Hard to say which Shamu does any one of six shows a day — much like Blue Man Group, whose cobalt cast is also thrown fish after on-stage romps in Vegas.
If one dies of an OD or gets fired for mucking about with Cub Scouts, no one will ever know. Another anonymous actor steps in, the show goes on.
No way will Shamu go solo — break out of the orca pack like a Justin Timberlake boy band refugee. Shamu shall swim in circles till the day he’s found floating belly up in his tank. Corporate entertainment at its cost-effective finest.
This season, Shamu’s behavioral modifications serve a pseudo-religious theme. The show is called “Believe” — as cloying and saccharine a salute to spirituality as the Bicentennial’s “Shamu the Yankee Doodle Whale” was for patriotism.
The Church of Scientology denies it was involved in “Believe,” and rumors Shamu was, uh, inspired by the same high-voltage enlightenment techniques applied to Tom Cruise (until things went so horribly wrong on Oprah’s show) are just pure fiction.
Cruise is doing fine, thanks, and said to be especially fond of mackerel.
If you’re lucky, Shamu (or Cruise) may swim through this live webcam feed. Which Shamu? Which Sea World? Who cares! Believe.