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Singing and Dancing and Bombing

by The Panda Man · 08/03/2007 11:28 am

International terrorism and the threat to Britain from Al-Qaeda would probably be deemed by most as unlikely subject matter for a musical.

After all, suicide bombing, mass bloodshed and fundamental Islam do not exactly lend themselves to singing and dancing.

But Jihad the Musical by the Silk Circle Production Company has forged on regardless and is already being performed on stage at the Edinburgh Festival.

So who loves show tunes?

The controversial satire about Islamic terrorism includes such classic tunes as “Building a bomb today, what does the manual say” and “I wanna be like Osama”.

Sayid sings to his burkha clad mentor: “I can only see your eyes” and theatre-goers are also treated to a song called “We’re going to rock the righteous, to the Jihad jive”.

While this may seem ridiculous at first glance, there are redeeming qualities to the show.

The story comes to a head on the night of the attack when Sayid must decide whose side he is on.

His sister eventually saves him, along with the French who sing “We turned and ran”.

Might not be so bad after all.

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8 Responses to “Singing and Dancing and Bombing”

tedtam on August 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 am

But who is brave enough to buy a ticket?
texpat on August 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm

#1 tedtam

Me. In fact, I would buy a bunch and give them away. I think John Cleese is behind this.
RickG on August 3rd, 2007 at 1:47 pm

They can’t do this. The practitioners of the Religion of Peace will lop off their heads.
american woman on August 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm

I thought they banned the words, terror,and jihad in England. #2 Texpat, it does sound like John Cleese lol.
friendly atheist mike on August 3rd, 2007 at 2:04 pm

Do you know why there are trees planted along the Champs Elysees?

So the Germans can march in the shade.
Fasternu 426 on August 3rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm

I hear the music is from a Palestinian Rock Group.
http://zioneocon.blogspot.com/pal%20woman%20throws%20rock.jpg
Jeremy 'Panda Man' Weidenhof on August 3rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm

#6
It’s Cindy Sheehan!
Fasternu 426 on August 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm

I heard it really “blew the audience away”.