Broadway.com's on the scene with the new "For Now" lyric in Avenue Q

I'm still for the choice being "Prop 8" not only because of the social implications that I stated on the other thread (if someone in the audience is actually clueless to what it is and hears everyone else cheering around them, maybe they'll go home and educate themselves) but also because it was the most crisp and easy to understand when they yelled it out.

Prop 8 is an unfortunate circumstance that got voted into place by the Religious Right.

Wait a second...

That sounds familiar...

"Your mother-in-law" is very funny, but it sounds so rushed. If I didn't know that's what they were saying, it would be indeciferable.

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Updated On: 1/23/09 at 07:47 PM

Your lips to God's ears

And wouldn't it be fun to have a second round of this :]

Exactly what I was going to say. If they end up using Prop 8, and it gets repealed, then they have to do it all over again.

In the video from the rehearsal, they didn't practice "THIS SHOW." O well. "YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW" is probably the most universally funny, but I really like "THIS SHOW" as well.

Logan, while I agree with your point how some audience may misinterpret "this show," either interpretation is still funnier than the others, especially considering how rushed "your mother-in-law" is. However, am I the only one that didn't here "this show" during the video during the rehearsal section. Maybe I'm just deaf.

I have to change what I said in another thread about the potential choice for "prop 8 is only for now." I had said that it might not work due to the fact that Avenue Q has an audience of varying political opinions. But, after watching the video I found out that the Bush line originally got laughs because prior to the Tonys it had mostly a New York audience who tended to be very liberal. However, after the Tonys when they got more tourists into the theatre to see the show they were laughing for a different reason. The people who were in the audience who were laughing who were more right wing because they understood that even though they liked Bush he was very unpopular and there were more people who didn't like him then there were people who did.

I guess what I am trying to say is that even though there might be people who might not like the prop 8 line due to their political views, they still might be able to find humor in it the same way people who were pro bush found humor in the original line in the song.

But, on the other hand I am not sure that it would work since hopefully it would get overturned sometime soon.

I did like your mother in law is only for now. But, after hearing it sung I realized that it was an idea that sounded good on paper, it just wasn't a good idea when it was sung.

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The video did not announce the chosen lyric, just featured the cast rehearsing to use each one intermittently over the next weeks.

It should be "Barack is only for now"

after all, there are PLENTY of people who did not vote for our new president.

People didn't cheer for "George Bush" because they supported him, they cheered because the line "is only for now" preceded it. The same would happen with "Prop 8." People will cheer to affirm that it is, in fact, only "for now."

so what's your idea?