Jerry Springer: the Opera review
Once upon a time, when a well-known composer Richard Thomas was sitting in his room, switching TV channels, he came to the show of Jerry Springer. The dregs of society, ready to gnaw through each other's throats, debris of thudding information flowing directly through the screen’s glass thickness, were swallowed by the audience of all categories. This made him horrified, nearly causing a puking reflex. He thought that society is divided into those who are ready to wave with their dirty laundry in front of a crowd for five minutes of despicable fame, and those who are eagerly watching with perverse pleasure the exposure of disgusting details of other people's lives, absorbing and memorizing them.
Darkly pondering all this in front of a screen, on which the unknown people were ready to tear each other's throats like fighting dogs, Richard gave birth to a not bad idea: to show this cons of society in musical. He didn’t even have to invent anything, because all the mentioned characters were real but nasty people, exhibited in the broadcast of Jerry Springer. The play was written, the actors were selected, and after the opening, tickets were sold with a bang. Richard Thomas managed to do the unthinkable: to reveal the darkest and repulsive facets of society in the sparkling satire, where every turn was even blacker than black, every phrase was a direct hit in the human vices.
This musical is for gourmets. Being recognized by all British critics, it was sold-out all the time, having incredible success with the most disparate public. Intellectuals were amazed with its depth, embedded in such a simple story, and the ordinary audience, modestly weaker than constant theater-goers, enjoyed a gorgeous black humor. However, after the appearance of the musical on television, many were furious and demanded to close the histrionics, to stop the production and to remove such a shame from the theater scenes. The mentioning of religion in the spectacle of such genre caused a lot of disputes and grievances. Even more riots and protests against the musical were arranged, degrading the feelings of believers. People considered swear words as insulting and humiliating, counted the total number of them in the play, demanding to replace all libretto. Due to complaints, they even had to stop selling DVDs in 2005. All the questions producers answered in that way: everyone bears the risk of not being understood by the masses, trying to show something intriguing and provocative.
Last Update:April, 19th 2016
Jerry Springer: the Opera Lyrics
- Act 1
- Overtly-Ture Full Company
- Audience Very Plainsong
- Ladies & Gentlemen / Have Yourselves A Good Time
- Bigger Than Oprah Winfrey
- Foursome Guests
- I've Been Seeing Someone Else
- Chick With A Dick / Talk To The Hand
- Adverts 1
- Intro To Diaper Man
- Diaper Man / Montel Cums Dirty
- This Is My Jerry Springer Moment
- Mama Gimmee Smack On The A**Hole
- I Wanna Sing Something Beautiful
- Adverts 2
- First Time I Saw Jerry
- Backstage Scene
- Poledancer
- I Just Wanna Dance
- It Has No Name
- Some Are Decended From Angels
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Jerrycam / Klan Entrance Lyrics
- Act 2
- Eat Excrete
- Gloomy Nurses / Purgatory Dawning / The Haunting
-
Him Am the Devil / Every Last Mother Fucker Should Go Down Lyrics
- Grilled & Roasted
- Transition Music Lyrics
- Act 3
- Once In Happy Realms Of Light
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Fuck You Talk Lyrics
-
Satan & Jesus Spat Lyrics
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Adam & Eve & Mary Lyrics
- Where Were You? Lyrics
- Behold God Lyrics
- Marriage of Heaven & Hell Lyrics
- This is My Cheesey Lyrics
- Jerry it is Finished Lyrics
- Jerry Eleison Lyrics
- Please Don't Die Lyrics
- Take Care Lyrics
- Martin's Richard-esque Finale de Grand Fromage
- Play Out Lyrics