Dallas school bars student production of 'Sweeney Todd'
#2
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:01pm
It's nice to know the good people of Dallas have the sense not to let teenagers butcher the score. Good for them.
#3
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:06pm
Not sure why THIS story is getting attention....
this kind of stuff happens every day, in our Public School System.
this kind of stuff happens every day, in our Public School System.
#4
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:14pm
#5
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:15pm
"We can't do SWEENEY TODD! It's too gruesome! We just did a bunch of dark stuff! Audiences want happy!"
"So what would you recommend?"
"FOOTLOOSE."
"NO! NO NO NO NO NO GOD******F*****NO!!!"
"Why not?!"
"There's drinking and death in it."
"Oh right, that's not great. SOUND OF MUSIC it is, then."
"So what would you recommend?"
"FOOTLOOSE."
"NO! NO NO NO NO NO GOD******F*****NO!!!"
"Why not?!"
"There's drinking and death in it."
"Oh right, that's not great. SOUND OF MUSIC it is, then."
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#6
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:17pm
But 'The Sound of Music' has Nazis! How is that better than the relatively small and localised death count of 'Sweeney Todd'?
(Hey, if *they* can be stupid about this, then so can I.
)
(Hey, if *they* can be stupid about this, then so can I.
)
#7
Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:19pm
How about making Sweeney a Nazi?
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#8
Posted: 9/19/08 at 8:27pm
Yeah, Sound of Music isn't terribly light-hearted.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
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