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A chorus line LIES.

By Gil on Monday, Jul 16, 2007 | 4 Comments

Visiting the NYTimes Theatre Section today, I caught this interesting ad:

Really? A Chorus Line is the best musical EVER? Isn't that kind of pushing it?

Maybe "best" is Latin for "most overrated". Yo, where's my latin scholars at?

4 Comments

Latin Scholar | July 16, 2007 8:19 PM

Nope, it is not. It should be though, especially when Wicked is referred to as the best musical ever.

Anonymous | July 16, 2007 10:23 PM

Well you didn't let them finish. The statement is clearly true if the whole sentence is "The Best Musical Ever That Involves 17 Dancers and A Sadomasochist Director and Legwarmers." This is admittedly a slightly narrower field, but I think A Chorus Line wins it.

Alyssa | August 8, 2007 6:57 PM

Aw I love A Chorus Line! But is there really any show that is the 'best?' I think not.

Gil | August 8, 2007 7:01 PM

It's easy to tell which show is the "best": it's the ones that charge the most money!

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