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Broadway Awards Spam
norfolkboy writes "Spamalot the musical that is! The BBC is reporting that Spamalot has topped the nominations for Broadway's main awards, the Tonys. It is nominated for 14 awards. Of course, this has nothing to do with SPAM, but since the Musical was previously announced on Slashdot, I thought readers would be interested in this followup."
I hope it includes the classic Every Sperm Is Sacred from The Meaning Of Life...
There are Jews in the world. There are Buddhists. There are Hindus and Mormons, and then There are those that follow Mohammed, but I've never been one of them.
I'm a Roman Catholic, And have been since before I was born, And the one thing they say about Catholics is: They'll take you as soon as you're warm.
You don't have to be a six-footer. You don't have to have a great brain. You don't have to have any clothes on. You're A Catholic the moment Dad came,
Because... Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.
Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.
Let the heathen spill theirs On the dusty ground. God shall make them pay for Each sperm that can't be found.
Every sperm is wanted. Every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed In your neighbourhood.
Hindu, Taoist, Mormon, Spill theirs just anywhere, But God loves those who treat their Semen with more care.
Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God get quite irate.
Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed. In your neighbourhood!
Every sperm is useful. Every sperm is fine. God needs everybody's. Mine! And mine! And mine!
Let the Pagan spill theirs O'er mountain, hill, and plain. God shall strike them down for Each sperm that's spilt in vain.
Every sperm is sacred, Every sperm is good, Every sperm is needed, In your neighbourhood.
Every sperm is sacred, Every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite iraaaaaate!
Hey, people who like musicals can be nerds, too. 'Nerd' doesn't necessarily equal 'computer-related.' Let the music nerds in; we want to be nerds, too!
The Tony's may not be nerdy, but I've never met a "true" nerd who didn't enjoy a little Monty Python. :)
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Well, no, not really. Nominations are still significant, and while not as nice as the golden object in hand, still make for a bit of an awarding of recognition. So not really that misleading, especially considering the number of nominations.
"For years, I struggled with reality... but I'm happy to say I finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd
I have had zero respect for the Tonys since they rightfully gave "Into the Woods" awards for best music and best book, then did a 180 and awarded "Phantom of the Opera" best musical. If special effects outweigh music and story in these people's eyes, I cannot possibly trust their judgement.
For another example, just last year they awarded best musical to "Avenue Q" over "Wicked". Now the difference is not nearly as dramatic as my first example, but the score to Wicked is just so much stronger, and the lyrics more complex than those of the musical to which it lost. The only thing I can think of would be that "Avenue Q" is creative and novel, whereas "Wicked" is based on -- well, a novel. And as a story it pales in comparison, losing much of the character development and allegory (I know, ask Tolkien what he thinks of allegory). But if you have never read the book, there should be no question that "Wicked" is a superior musical to "Avenue Q".
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But going to see a musical no more makes one a music nerd than playing computer games makes one a computer nerd.
A music nerd is the sort of person who analyses the development of modernism in Prokofiev's symphonies contrasted with the influence of the pre-something or other underlying metaphor, or some such.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.