It's just another industry that needs to be disrupted. I'm with you on what we think of as "the circus", but there's no reason traveling entertainment can't change. My daughter is just old enough to be interested so we took her to the circus last year, but it was a circus put on by
http://www.smirkus.org/ and it was terrific. There's no attempt at professional gloss and it's not about selling plastic crap (there's a bit but it's fundraising for the camp) ; it was just teenagers from all around the country putting on a great performance.