My buddy Tom is a minister up in Maine and his 14-year-old daughter, Patsy, stirred up a bit of controversy at school. Her teacher wanted a class discussion about tolerance and cultural differences and she figured a good way to begin was to ask all the kids to bring in an example of the type of music they like to listen to and play a CD track for everyone. Most of the kids brought in pop or hip-hop, but Patsy introduced her classmates to "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist." The teacher was shocked and said such a song was inappropriate for the classroom.
"Your father's a minister!", she reprimanded. "How would he feel about you listening to this music?"
I lent my copy of Avenue Q to a friend (a ministers daughter) and she loved it...and made her family listen...ive walked in and found her father (the priest) singing along to "You can be as loud as the hell you want (when you're making love)" if only his congregation could witness that...
Thanks for sharing dry2! We have alsoloaned our copy to a friend who is a priest and he just loved it as well!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
hahaha, very funny. that song is true though.. everyone is a little bit racist. i think the teacher got mad because she doesn't want anyone to know that she is racist.. lol.
The thing about Avenue Q is that it is so brutally truel, that everyone can connect to it.
And I LOVE Footloose
*Starts singing "Mama Says"*
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel