Brilliant Broadway take-down of Russian government homophobia

[tazber]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 3:50pm

Namo posted this on the OT board and it is so amazingly wonderful that someone suggested we post it on this board as well.

So enjoy!
Link

[Rainbowhigh23]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 5:19pm

Amazing video! So hypocritical of Russia to enact that law, given that their most succesful pop group was tATu, two young girls pretending to be lesbians.
All The Things She Said

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 5:36pm

Whoever put this thing together did not think too hard about how it might be received by the Russian LGBT's who are the victims of this bill.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 6:39pm

I think it's the age-old question of whether to face tragedy and injustice with solemnity and rage, or satire. I tend to believe satire DOES work, but I know many disagree.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 6:44pm

A satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the point of it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 7:15pm

Whoever put this thing together did not think too hard about how it might be received by the Russian LGBT's who are the victims of this bill.

On the contrary, I think they did.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 7:20pm

I'm not finding anything on the Internet about the Russian government shutting down all theatre. In fact, I know of a number of American plays licensed there now. Am I missing something here?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 7:32pm

Lilla Crawford's cameo and Laura and Stephanie's duet clinched it for me!

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 8:10pm

"I'm not finding anything on the Internet about the Russian government shutting down all theatre. In fact, I know of a number of American plays licensed there now. Am I missing something here?"

Yes. The joke.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 9:11pm

I think if they weren't thinking of the LGBT victims in Russia it would never have occurred to anyone to create this piece. I can't imagine they were thinking of anything else.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 9:41pm

^I agree, Reginald.

I just watched it and I think it's pretty brilliant. Hilarious, but also gets the message across.

Also, I would totally go see a musical where Laura Benanti and Stephanie J. Block played lesbian Russian astronauts.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 9:58pm

Yes. The joke.

^^^ This ^^^

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 10:00pm

Also, I would totally go see a musical where Laura Benanti and Stephanie J. Block played lesbian Russian astronauts.

"Cause Me Not" made me laugh a lot.

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 10:15pm

Funny for whom? Americans who think making fun of Russian accents is hilarious or the LGBT Russians they're allegedly advocating for?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 10:22am

^ Party pooper.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 12:24pm

Funny for whom? Americans who think making fun of Russian accents is hilarious or the LGBT Russians they're allegedly advocating for?

Too much salt in your borscht?

Stop being such a Blini Meanie.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 12:44pm

Funny for Americans who care about the abuses being suffered by Russian LGBT and can appreciate a satire deflating the pompous and evil dictatorship over there.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 12:48pm

Also, it's fair to say that this is a way to spread the word about what's going on. It is truly astounding how many people are not aware.

[oasisjeff]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 1:04pm

Yes, they could have accomplished so much more with a tersely worded statement that they all signed?

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 2:28pm

I think the below is an effective video. It turns the spotlight on the LGBT Russians who are fighting in the street as well as on a powerful American corporation that is complicit in Russia's anti-gay laws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g11nN5yee7U

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 3:04pm

Wow…nobody held *you* as a baby, did they?

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 3:19pm

No, no, I get it. I want to sit at the cool kid's table too... but not if they're a bunch of idiots.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 3:52pm

I can't believe that I just discovered this

This is seriously the best thing ever. I'm so impressed on how many Broadway stars they got! I lost it at Stephen Schwartz