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By xplaining • 16 years ago

Rush the Musical?

A progressive and inovative theatre company in St. Louis, New Line Theatre has but a call out for all entries of scenes, songs, ideas, etc for a new musical to open a season, Rush Limbaugh Saves the World! This is a great theatre company that always does really strong work. Lets vent our rage on Rush through art! I encourage everyone to participate! 

Funny Right? Here is the blurb from their website

New Line Theatre and The Washington Avenue Players Project seek submissions of smart, original, dynamic scenes and songs for a new musical theatre piece focusing on Rush Limbaugh as a snapshot or crystallization of this moment in American culture. The chosen pieces will be assembled into a full-length musical, tentatively called Rush Limbaugh Saves the World, to open New Line’s 20th season in fall 2010 for a four-week run, as part of the 2010 St. Louis Political Theatre Festival.

Scenes and songs can be about Rush himself and his own life, about political discourse in America,  about the cultural impact of conservative talk radio, or any other related theme.

Pieces can be in any style, from any perspective, liberal, conservative, or neither, and we prefer songs and scenes that are active, that contain action or change, that take the audience on a journey of some kind. They can be serious or comic, straightforward or satiric. They can be entirely about Rush or they can use Rush as a point of entry into politics, pop culture, talk radio, etc. New Line is interested in provocative, ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

Nazis at the Gateway Arch

No, no, they are not really going to have it? In this day in age? Isn’t that like illegal or something? Holy cow,  the Nazis? They are still around?

Not only are the Nazis still around, but they held a rally on Saturday under the Gateway

Arch in St. Louis. Being a tour guide at the Arch has brought interesting experiences from the Obama rally of 500,000, to people from all over the globe, and rednecks from all over the state, to a Nazi rally. How many people get to go to work and watch the Nazis? Of course we were not allowed to call them the “Nazis” they were the “National Socialist Movement” and the Arch being a federal site we ...

No, no, they are not really going to have it? In this day in age? Isn’t that like illegal or something? Holy cow,  the Nazis? They are still around?

Not only are the Nazis still around, but they ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

Rush…The Musical!

New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO is seeking submissions of smart, original, dynamic scenes and songs for a new musical theatre piece focusing on Rush Limbaugh as a snapshot or crystallization of this moment in American culture. The chosen pieces will be assembled into a full-length musical, tentatively called Rush Limbaugh Saves the World, to open New Line’s 20th season in fall 2010 for a four-week run, as part of the 2010 St. Louis Political Theatre Festival.

New Line is a solid wonderful local theatre company that does edgy musical theatre. Instead of just ranting and raving about good ol’ Rush Limbaugh, lets put it tot creative use!

New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO is seeking submissions of smart, original, dynamic scenes and songs for a new musical theatre piece focusing on Rush Limbaugh as a snapshot or crystallization of this moment in American ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

“I am Ashamed that Women Are So Simple”

The other day my ipod was on shuffle and the song “I Am Ashamed that Women are So Simple” from the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate started to play. I really struggle as a feminist with shows like Kiss Me, Kate which follows that same story as Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Basically two headstrong people wind of married the woman realizes her faults and submits to her husband when her husband remains the same. (there is another love story as well, but I have never really cared about the younger couple.)
On one hand I am greatly offended about the fact that Kate realizes her faults and her husband does not even if he is just as outrageous. ...

The other day my ipod was on shuffle and the song “I Am Ashamed that Women are So Simple” from the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate started to play. I really struggle as a feminist with ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

Getting Married= Owning a House…well for women

Ok, so I just really need to get this off my chest….. Friday Feminist Fuck You to Sexist Teachers!

My teacher today in class honesty just told a girl, “You go and get a high education and then marry a man and you can get the house you want.” WHAT THE FUCK?

When I protested against the latter part of his statement he jokingly replied, “Oh Lucy, dont get mad, you know, you know.” He was not just trying to pull my chain, he was totally sincere and was then trying to joke it off with me like a laugh and a warm smile could change the fact that he just insulted me on almost every level.

I understand that this teacher is ...

Ok, so I just really need to get this off my chest….. Friday Feminist Fuck You to Sexist Teachers!

My teacher today in class honesty just told a girl, “You go and get a high education and then ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

Damn Girl

This was the first New Years that I didn’t make the classic resolution to lose 20 pounds or so. This was the first Christmas I didn’t cry because my relatives were some of the beautiful people and I was not. This was the first year that I felt smoking even in my sweats. This was the first year I had a positive body image.
It doesn’t matter how many times someone tells you how pretty you are, or how its the inside that counts. If you feel like you look shitty, then no amount of compliments will make you feel better in the long run. In the back of your head there is always that nagging fear, that if you ...

This was the first New Years that I didn’t make the classic resolution to lose 20 pounds or so. This was the first Christmas I didn’t cry because my relatives were some of the beautiful people and ...
By xplaining • 16 years ago

You’re Intelligent

My uncle and aunt have two little girls, Ava is three and Viv is sixteen months, the little girls walk into our main room this holiday season all dolled up for the holidays. My grandmother and my other relatives keep oohing and ahhing, telling Ava how beautiful and pretty she is. Granted they are cute kiddos, but what three year-old is not a cutie?
My mother then comes to the rescue, she said, “No mom (refereeing to my grandmother), Ava you are intelligent.” (Shout out to my mother!) But here is the thing: Ava looked up confused, she asked what intelligent meant. She had never asked what beautiful or pretty meant because that’s what everyone else had told her. It ...

My uncle and aunt have two little girls, Ava is three and Viv is sixteen months, the little girls walk into our main room this holiday season all dolled up for the holidays. My grandmother and my ...