Hatrack River Forum: Prop 8 "The Musical!"

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Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :

Classic [Smile]

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

I have been debating myself for the last few days about whether or not to post that. I'm glad someone did.

Many will like it. Many will not.

No good can come from this. [Smile]

Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :

[ROFL]

I thought the last song was pretty funny.

It's all a bunch of leftist propaganda disguised as satire, but those are some good lyrics.

Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :

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It's all a bunch of leftist propaganda disguised as satire, but those are some good lyrics.

I think satire is kinda propaganda almost by definition. The song isn't pretending to be anything other than what it is.

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

No, Urinetown is a bunch of leftist propaganda disguised as satire. This is a satire of that kind of play, but with the overall message being in support of gay marriage. I don't mind it since it's only 3 minutes long and has a very specific and obvious message. Fine with me.

I don't like musicals like Urinetown that spend two hours telling the audience how very clever the writer is, and how very relevant and timeless their ideas are because they take the form of musical theater, when all they're doing is bashing capitalism with a bunch of stupid straw man portrayals, and providing no useful alternative views, other than, "people suck, and I'm better than them."

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Did you watch the end of Urinetown?

SPOILERS AHEAD

You can hardly paint a play where the liberal idealists end up killing everybody off due to not making tough decisions with such a simplistic brush. Especially when the entire casts then chants HAIL MALTHUS!

Posted by Danlo the Wild (Member # 5378) on :

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Originally posted by Orincoro:

all they're doing is bashing capitalism with a bunch of stupid straw man portrayals

Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Capitalism! The greatest form of legalized slavery EVER!

A Walmart worker was trampled for Christmas.

...but really, WHO CARES? He was 'just' a Walmart worker. He can be replaced for 6.50 an hour. It's not like he was a white child, then, it would have been a real tragic story.

Capitalism is god.

emen.

Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :

Prop 8 sucks!

Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :

Do we have a thread on prop 8 somewhere?

Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :

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Originally posted by Phanto:
Prop 8 sucks!

I don't get it. What does Werewolf Bar Mitzvah have to do with Prop 8?

Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :

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Originally posted by Lisa:

quote:
Originally posted by Phanto:
Prop 8 sucks!
I don't get it. What does Werewolf Bar Mitzvah have to do with Prop 8?

See other threads in which Phanto responds to something Danlo the Wild has said, and it will make (a little) more sense.