Barbara Wynns, now in her 70s, started working there after secondary school, after watching the balletic mermaid show at 13. The series takes you back to a mermaid show that began in 1947, at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida.
Mermaid performance has always been hard.
It is the only way to delight their fans. Yet she and her “pod” (yes, like dolphins) endure it anyway. And the tail is dragging you down.” On a basic human level, “our bodies don’t want to be under those conditions”. As Alba says:“It’s one of the most physically uncomfortable situations you can ever be in. The effect is somewhere between endearing and nerdy as the mers throw around pun-filled terminology (“shello!” is a common greeting) and refer to each other strictly by their mermaid titles.įrom the start, MerPeople dispels the idea that mermaiding is easy.
The show zips around the US between mermaid performers trying to establish professional careers, business owners looking to grow “mer” empires and veteran mermaids who, decades on, still can’t get enough of deep-water diving.
