Posted on 08/02/2007 12:03:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Critics take aim at Bin Laden musical Aug 2 02:21 PM US/Eastern A satirical musical about Islamist terrorism and Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has sparked protests in Britain, with critics blasting it as tasteless.
"Jihad: The Musical," which features songs including "I wanna be like Osama" and is described as "a madcap gallop through the wacky world of international terrorism," is on at the Edinburgh Fringe festival this month.
But a petition has been launched on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street website.
"We the undersigned petition the prime minister to condemn the tasteless portrayal of terrorism and its victims in 'Jihad The Musical,' says the online protest.
The musical, by the Silk Circle Production company, had its world premier this week in the Scottish capital's Fringe festival, famous for satirical and off-the-wall shows.
It tells the story of a young Afghan peasant, Sayid, who dreams of making it as a flower farmer selling poppies to the West.
But his plans are thwarted by a jihadi cell seeking to blow up Western targets, in particular one known as the "Unidentified, Very Prestigious Landmark."
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Well, “Springtime for Hitler” did surprisingly well...
Yeah, right, all those Afghan poppy fields are for the "flowers".
“We the undersigned petition the prime minister to condemn the tasteless portrayal of terrorism and its victims...” (and it’s proponents)
On second thought, since a theater known for satire is presenting this, maybe that is meant to be a joke. I get so used to dealing with humorless leftists that I fail to recognize satire.
“Where Did We Go Right?”
See the number
“I wanna be like Osama”
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=26465_Video-_Jihad_the_Musical&only
I don’t have a problem with it.
“I want to be a producer....”
Was Tim Robbins in any way involved with this “masterpiece?”
Ridicule is an excellent weapon.
Oh! The humanity!
A tastless portrayal of oh-so-tasteful terrorism!
Its really funny and will probally receive a full 5 fatawas
It was really funny and insightful. Great song, lots of truths, like Osama only sending the “weak and malleable”, that is not himself.
“It tells the story of a young Afghan peasant, Sayid, who dreams of making it as a flower farmer selling poppies to the West. “
Love is a flower that is fine.
When I’m walkin’ with my darlin’ and we’re holding hands,
and life is fine, ‘cause she understands.
‘A walking down the sunny street
givin’ pretty flowers to the people that we meet.
And I give a flower to the big fat cop,
he takes his club and he beats me up.
I give a flower to the garbage man,
he stuffs my girl in the garbage can.
And I give it to the landlord, when the rent comes ‘round.
He throws it in the toilet and he flush it down.
It goes into the sewer with the yuck running through her,
And it runs into the river that we drink.
Hey world, you stink!
Ah, man it’s later than you think
Girl you got just one more chance.
Come on baby, while I dance.
Love, love power.
I’m talking ‘bout love power
The power of a little flower.
You don’t think ‘bout no little flowers,
Oh no, all you think about is guns.
If everybody in the world today had a flower instead of a gun,
there would be no wars. There would be one big smell-in.
Just the flowers. Hey, man, a flower.
A flower. What you do to my flower, man?
You hurt it, like everything else.
Everything else. Flowers
Sometimes the only way to deal with awful realities is to laugh at them.
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