Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour came to my home town last week. The sugar-laced extravaganza of candy canes, cupcakes, lollipops, cotton candy, and other sweet treats is an ode to childhood fantasy. The show features a mish-mash of references to the Brothers Grimm, Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and Rainbow Brite as it tells the story of a girl named Katy visiting a vibrant candy land in search for her pet cat, Kitty Purry, and the love of her life, the Baker Boy.
But the kid-themed bright colors, spinning peppermint forest, and wide-eyed kewpie-doll smiles belie Perry's underlying raunchy adult-themed sexual message.
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