NotARobot

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Theater kids get the gulag in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

[–] NotARobot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

If this wasn't enough, someone also made an Abu Ghraib musical...

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[Not the Onion] Richard Dawkins rants about Kafka's Metamorphosis. He calls it "bad SF". in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

[–] NotARobot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

I feel like a lot of that sentiment stems from being forced to read them in High School without an instructor guiding you along to contextualize the piece and explain/help appreciate essentially why it is considered a classic.

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I think I just had a brilliant idea... What if we turned the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution into a Broadway musical as a way to radicalize liberals? in c/main@hexbear.net

[–] NotARobot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago

They also would probably make Nicky a tragic hero who truly cared for his people and wanted to do good but just wasn't up to the job.

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