{"id":141983,"date":"2015-08-08T20:17:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T20:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/08\/ok-but-why-are-musicals-so-fucking-weird\/"},"modified":"2015-08-08T20:17:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T20:17:12","slug":"ok-but-why-are-musicals-so-fucking-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/08\/ok-but-why-are-musicals-so-fucking-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok but why are musicals so fucking weird"},"content":{"rendered":"

eggzacklee<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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screamoftheshalka<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Little Shop of Horrors:<\/b> An alien plant arrives on 1960s Earth, convinces a man of feeding her a dentist, eats him and goes on a rampage for world domination.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show:<\/b> A pansexual alien transvestite builds a living sex toy, kills an undead delivery boy and is murdered by one of his servants after promoting a cabaret Floor Show on the basement of his spaceship-castle.<\/p>\n

Sweeney Todd:<\/b> A barber and a piemaker are partners in crime. He\u2019s a serial killer and she bakes meat pies filled with the flesh from his victims.
Les Miserables:<\/b> A man can\u2019t find a decent job for being an ex-convict, breaks his parole and is stalked for the rest of his life by a police inspector.
Wicked:<\/b> Wizard of Oz fanfic that turns out to be better than the original material.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t forget:<\/p>\n

West Side Story:<\/b>\u00a0Romeo and Juliet but with greasers<\/p>\n

The Lion King: <\/b>Hamlet but with lions<\/p>\n

Chicago: <\/b>Woman avoids murder charge and becomes a famous jazz singer by pretending to be pregnant and smiling a lot<\/p>\n

The Frogs:<\/b>\u00a0God of booze tries to resurrect a playwright in order to save the world from\u2026frogs????<\/p>\n

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: <\/b>The Bible feat. Elvis<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon:<\/b>\u00a0The Bible feat. Homosexuality<\/p>\n

Rent: <\/b>The Gays\u2019 rent is too damn high<\/p>\n

Mama Mia:<\/b>\u00a0Dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17, sings Abba<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

eggzacklee: screamoftheshalka: Little Shop of Horrors: An alien plant arrives on 1960s Earth, convinces a man of feeding her a dentist, eats him and goes on a rampage for world domination.The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A pansexual alien transvestite builds a living sex toy, kills an undead delivery boy and is murdered by one of … <\/p>\n

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