This episode takes a deep dive into the colorful and often bewildering world of Florida men, exploring recent antics that have sparked both laughter and concern. We also tackle the cultural debates simmering around Halloween decorations that are as creative as they are controversial. What ensues is a lively discussion on societal norms, creativity, and where the line between the two should be drawn.
00:05:00 Gavin Newsom’s Controversial Claims of Poverty
00:20:56 Car Play and In-App Purchases in Vehicles
00:26:38 Musical Satire and the Slam Frank Controversy
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Dana Lash’s Absurd Truth Podcast, sponsored by Kel-Tec.
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 02 :
All right, so a Florida man threw a rock through an ICE agent’s car window as his father was being arrested. Guess who also got arrested? Like father, like son. Look, they did a daddy-son outing. Oh, it’s so great. 19-year-old Pasquale Martin is the son of the man federal agents were arresting at the time. He’s charged with one count of throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, which is a second-degree felony. So he shattered, apparently, the agent’s car. It was a rock large enough to do it, apparently. It busted out the whole thing. So he’s the son of the neighbor of the guy that the guys that the Asians were arresting. Velasquez Martin took off after, but he was arrested nearby, so he wasn’t able to run away. Don’t don’t play stupid games because you will absolutely win stupid prizes. A Florida skeleton strip show is rattling neighbors and sparking debate over Halloween decor, according to CBS 12. So in one Florida neighborhood, the front porch, it’s a skeletal strip show. that features cigar smoking, a beer drinking, a skeleton on a pole, and some of the neighbors are upset. And I’m like, is this just, is this Footloose Part Two? Because it’s literally a skeleton just sitting on a pole. What is cane? This is not bad.
SPEAKER 10 :
No, actually, it’s just hilarious to see. See, this is the thing about decorations. For Christmas, there’s a ceiling on how creative you can be for Christmas. With Halloween, there’s no ceiling.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
And I love that because you can just do anything and it offends someone. It’ll always offend someone.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, completely. They said that. Someone said, I don’t see stripping as an art. I don’t want my kids exposed to that. You don’t even know. The skeleton doesn’t have… ding or a dong you can’t tell what’s what it’s a skeleton that you get at costco there’s nothing oh my god don’t let your kids watch the halftime show yeah right yeah don’t have that i mean if you’re worried about a skeleton on a pole on somebody’s porch where it’s clearly doesn’t show anything i mean victoria’s secrets window fronts show way more than this guy’s porch does then i don’t know i just feel like it’s it seems like it’s Footloose part two. It’s a gentleman’s club.
SPEAKER 10 :
It’s where people go to learn to be gentlemen.
SPEAKER 02 :
Okay, we’ll go that far. A Florida man exposed himself to a child in the park and then urinated at the police station. Oh my gosh. He’s lucky he’s alive because some kids’ parents don’t mess around with that kind of stuff. Just saying. This guy. I’m not going to log in to continue reading this story. There’s the headline.
SPEAKER 09 :
But also, you know, it was also about paying the bills, man. And it was just like hustling. And so I was out there kind of raising myself. Turning on the TV, started, you know, just getting obsessed, you know, sitting there with, you know, the Wonder Bread and five stacks of, you know, peanut butter. Come on. Macaroni and cheese. Are you talking about me?
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Young YG.
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Every day in the backyard, just bouncing the basketball, throwing the ball against the wall until the ball is just like fraying, man. And you’re entertaining yourself. That’s it. Whole thing. So just and then, you know, then this student that was in the back with his head down, all of a sudden started throwing the baseball a little faster than everyone else and started, you know, make a few free throws because I was sitting there practicing 500 of them every damn night. And in high school, I look up in the stands. My dad’s back up there. OK. And it’s like, man. And then he’s bringing his friends and your captain of the team. And you’re like, gee, you know, and it just saved me and it got me into college.
SPEAKER 02 :
OK, I’m trying to understand. Gavin Newsom is trying to sell us on the idea that he was raised poor. He goes on this podcast and because this is important to the left, the hosts are black Americans. And so I guess he figures that. He’s going to be less. of an accessible or relatable character if he talks about his real past. And so he has to sit here and talk about how he ate Kraft mac and cheese and did all these. Look, first off, welcome back to the program. Dana Lash, we’re at the top of the second hour. The chat’s at Rumble. You can watch us through Radio Channel 347. Who does he think he’s fooling with us? Who does, for real, who does he think he’s fooling with us? Because this guy grew up one of literally the richest people in one of the richest families ever. He grew up in one of the five major families there in San Francisco. He was born to a guy who was an attorney for the Getty family. His dad was the attorney for Getty Oil. He was a judge. The dad was a judge. His mom was like a debutante. His grandfather on his mom’s side was at Stanford and. He’s also like they have the Pelosi like they’re his aunt married into the Pelosi family. Yes, that Pelosi family. And they he grew up with the Gettys and his dad was this very, very wealthy attorney who sits who believes that he’s on this NBA podcast and he’s talking about paying his bills. I mean, we’ve there’s a photo of him and we can throw these photos up where he’s He’s, I don’t know, like maybe in his 20s and he’s like visiting a Vintner and they’re looking at like a bougie wine out in Napa. I mean, he grew up with the Getty family. His first house was a multimillion dollar home. His first home. This is him in his suit. You know, he’s so poor. Look at him being all poor here on the left. He’s so poor with his peroxided hair.
SPEAKER 10 :
The mac and cheese is probably right off camera.
SPEAKER 02 :
You’re right, Cain. You just can’t see the mac and cheese there. You just can’t see it. You can’t see it. His first wedding to Gilfoyle, who seems opportunistic, his first wedding was like half a million dollars or something like that, a quarter of a million dollars. And that was back in like the 80s. Because they’re kind of up there. 80s or early 90s, I think. This, he was the most, he’s in a Burberry scarf. That scarf is probably like a couple hundred dollars. For a scarf. He was named most stylish. He looks like that dude. He looks like Blaine from Pretty in Pink. That’s a Burberry scarf. You know, he was so poor. He just wanted some mac and cheese, guys. He’s so poor. Can you believe it? Oh my goodness. He had a wine business while he was in college. He went on vacation internationally when he was in college. You know, that’s what people who are poor and can only eat mac and cheese. You know, he was hustling. Wonder bread and mac and cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro. I’m reading the transcript. I’m going to say it again. Wonder bread and mac and cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro. Did it have like gold in it? Did it have gold dust in the mac and cheese? Because that’s the only way that he was probably eating it. Look, again, he grew up with the Gettys and the Pelosi’s. And he was immediately had not he did not have to worry about anything. His education was taken care of everything. I don’t know where he and then he grew up running around with Gordon Getty. And then he, with the investors in the Gettys, they started Plump Jack Wine. You know who he kind of reminds me of? Sidebar. From Borderlands. Handsome Jack, but he’s not handsome. From Borderlands, doesn’t he? Yeah, he totally does. So I don’t know where he gets this. I love how the progressives, Hillary Clinton does this too. In order to be relatable, they have to refashion their growing or coming of age stories. Oh, I was so poor. None of you people were poor. None of these people were poor. Oh, my gosh. I would love to be the kind of poor Gavin Newsom it was. Right, Kane? I’d take that kind of poor. Gavin Newsom poor. Yeah. I mean, absolutely. We’d take that kind of poor. That’s a good poor man. No, he’s he’s never he’s really never had to work super hard at anything. He’s been a part of those families. Look, I don’t this is America and Americans can work hard and they can pass off whatever they want to their kids. You know, I don’t mind anything like I don’t care. That’s why you work hard. But don’t sit here and blow smoke up everybody’s backside and act like, you know, you’re basically on food stamps and you’re living off government cheese when you ain’t. OK, let’s not. This guy would not know poor. He has no idea what poverty is. He has no idea what being poor is. And I can’t believe these hosts didn’t even call him out. That’s really lame. You have this guy on your show and you’re allowing yourself to get played like this because you want access to him. That’s the only thing I can think of. The only reason that people don’t call out other people is because they want access, right? That’s the only reason. Or they fear. They have fear. It’s usually one of the two. No, I would love to be poor like him. Good night. Gavin Newsom, you know, just saying he just did all those vacations. And, you know, your first house was multimillion dollars came right. That’s how all that’s how all of us are. All of us poor people. Our first homes were multimillion dollar homes in the Pacific Heights with ocean views. You know what I’m saying? We all know. We all know that. Goodness, goodness. So that is, I mean, he’s really trying to reinvent himself. Is that his hip hop? Is that hip hop, Gavin? I think so, yeah. We’ve got a lot of different Gavin Newsoms here.
SPEAKER 10 :
Everything is hustling.
SPEAKER 02 :
So that’s hip hop, Gavin. It’s about paying the bills. It’s about hustling. He’s even doing the, I’m watching the video on my monitor. He’s even doing the whole thing. Yeah, I’m hustling. I’m eating mac and cheese. I got white bread. What? He’s doing that whole thing with his arms. I’ve never. It looks so awkward. It looks like he tore something as he’s doing it. It just looks weird. There’s another article. Susan Crabtree found it where it’s a picture of him and it’s Bill Getty and Andrew Getty. He’s there with the Getty brothers. He’s in the middle and they’re getting ready to launch an upscale liquor shop. And do you know what the headline on this article is? The headline on the article is Old Money Backs New Liquor Shop. Old money came. It talks about how he’s partnered with the Gettys to open up. Well, this is the first sentence. If you’re the scion of a wealthy, privileged old money family, what do you do for a living? Well, you might try opening a high style liquor store. That’s what several of the next generation of Gettys, Newsom and Pelosi’s are doing. This is from 1991. And it mentions it’s Gavin Newsom involved. It’s it’s also Bill Getty, who’s the Bill Getty and then who’s Andrew Getty. So his partners. Oh, and it gets into some of his other partners, too. You got a Pelosi in there. Who else? Oh, we got some more Getty cousins. There’s some silent partners. Plumjack. Yeah. Isn’t that interesting? Old money. But, you know, white bread and Kraft mac and cheese.
SPEAKER 10 :
That article didn’t mention mac and cheese.
SPEAKER 02 :
You know, I’m looking at it right now. No, they’re talking about valets and… I’m looking at it. Let me scan it. Do we see anything about white bread and mac and cheese? No, no, no, no, I don’t. No, I do. They did say that they’re going to have valet parking with purchase. That’s actually not bad, you know, for a liquor store. But still, how funny is that? They’re old money back in 1991. So how is he going on the show? This NBA podcast? And he’s saying this and these guys aren’t going. Wait a minute. Hold up. You literally grew up with the Gettys. You’re like a member, not like you are a member of one of the most wealthiest families, not just in the United States, but specifically one of the wealthy families that run San Francisco. How did you grow up? I mean, you grew up with a cook. How do you have white bread and Kraft mac and cheese when you literally have people in your kitchen cooking for you every day? I mean, you live in a mansion in San Francisco. What are you doing? This is so crazy. I can’t stand it when people do this stuff. Just be who you are. But it just shows you he, first off, how stereotypical is that? That he goes on an NBA podcast hosted by black hosts with probably not an audience that is very San Francisco white bread. And he says this stuff. Isn’t that, aren’t you, isn’t he playing into a trope? By doing this. So how is that not inadvertently racist? Like when Hillary Clinton said that she had hot sauce in her bag when she was talking to a predominantly black audience. I mean, sure, white people like hot sauce. Who doesn’t love some crystals? Hey, but you know what I’m saying? Like how? Why do that? Because they have no other way. What is he going to do? Well, hey guys, don’t you want to pay more taxes? Yeah. No. So he’s going to do this. It’s so lame. Sometimes makeup can be super frustrating. It’s too heavy. There are too many steps. And if you don’t have the right tools, it just doesn’t look natural. And we are in the natural healthy girl era of makeup right now. And that’s why I think Jones Road Beauty really fills this. They really fill this niche, and they do such a great job at it. It’s founded by makeup artist Bobby Brown, and it’s a minimalist, clean brand designed to enhance your natural beauty. So their products help you get that very effortless look. no makeup, makeup, look, and very fast. One standout product is the Miracle Bomb. It’s a multitasker that you can use as literally anything. It’s a tint, it’s a blush, it’s a bronzer, it’s a lip color, it’s buildable, it gives you a natural glow in under a minute. And Jones Road Beauty also offers a full lineup of effortless skin-first staples, including their Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer. It’s a very lightweight formula and it smooths and evens out your skin tone with a very soft touch of coverage and it’s packed with skin-friendly ingredients. The Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer also keeps your skin moisturized without clogging your pores and it provides hydration and a natural, healthy glow. So for a limited time, you can use code Dana at jonesroadbeauty.com and you get a free cool gloss with your first purchase. So make sure to tell them that our show, The Dana Show, sent you. That’s jonesroadbeauty.com, code Dana.
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I’ve got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how’s it going today? It’s going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
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I’m Dan Morgan. I’m an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America’s largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said $20 billion won. $20 billion is an insane number.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It’s actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome.
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So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
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Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That’s Pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 12 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America’s large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
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Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick 5.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, they finally had two people arrested over the theft at the Louvre over the jewels. Two suspects were arrested. A prosecutor, prosecutor in Paris, their office said that one of the men had been taken into custody. He was apparently trying to leave the country and board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. They had I mean, I think it ended up being over one hundred and two million dollars. The estimated value or the not estimated, the measured value of these jewels. They knew how much they were worth. They said that the security protocols failed and now the country has a terrible image. Yeah, it is kind of true. We’re going to talk more about that here coming up. Tropical storm warning issued along the U.S. coast as Melissa explodes into a category five storm. So this is the storm that’s coming up the East Coast. They have the alert issued for stretches of water from south of Bermuda to east central Florida. And the winds are building in strength, rough seas. And it reached a Cat 5 status this morning and is expected to make landfall as it barrels towards Jamaica. So it’s going to hit Jamaica first. And then they said, I mean, still kind of… It seems weird because after that, you could either go up into the Bahamian archipelago or you could go more towards Cuba. There are several ways to go. So it is going to hit Jamaica, though. They are convinced of that. That’s terrifying. Category five. Also, this carplay. I keep hearing more and more about this. This does not want to open. The General Motors decision to get rid of CarPlay. They announced that they’re going to axe it from that and Android Auto from all of their gas vehicles. And a lot of drivers on Reddit are trashing it. I think there’s a lot. Why are you nodding like that? Kane doesn’t have his Robert Evans glasses on today.
SPEAKER 10 :
Because they’re going to use this as an upcharge. You’re seeing these new cars now where they’re like, oh, you want heated seats? That’s going to be $10 a month. You want access to this? You want access to that? It’s going to be this much a month. This is them attempting that upsell.
SPEAKER 02 :
And at purchases, like with a vehicle. Yeah, exactly. That’s annoying. Like you just, and this, so the car play, that’s like when you plug your phone in and then it will show up, you know, or it’ll, it’ll, it will connect wirelessly and it shows up on your car’s display and then you can access your maps and messages and your music and all of that stuff. Uh, but some, I feel like this is a lame excuse. Ford CEO said they don’t like the execution of it. And they said that, uh, Some of the concerns were that it gives Apple deeper access into their hardware so it can see too much control. That’s lame. I don’t believe that. You just plug your phone. That’s so stupid. That’s dumb. So I don’t know. I agree with you. We don’t need the in-app purchases with this stuff. That’s goofy. Third person. I should say this for Florida, man, but it’s not a Florida person. But it has to do with the death at a Disney resort in Florida. This is like the third person in two weeks. So that’s why I really can’t have this. It’s not really a Florida man story per se, but it happened. This is what, three times now in two weeks. And the deceased man, they haven’t determined his cause of death yet, but it was at the Contemporary Resort Hotel. Literally two weeks ago where another woman died. passed away and wasn’t like one of these a suicide i think they were told for this guy it was a medical emergency and that’s all they know that nobody else knows anything else it’s kind of weird it’s gonna be totally haunted there i’m saying like the happiest place in that maybe deadliest a strange ufo like aircraft is being tested in secret experiments at the u.s weapons base known as skunk works So that’s interesting. They said that the testing facility has been known for housing secret objects and has developed a lot of classified technology. And some of these people on YouTube have been camping out near the land and they look out over it and they’ve been watching like these the tests of some of these things. And they said that they caught a mysterious UFO like aircraft. Look, I don’t want to see that be leaked out into the public. Although I think that. It’s probably planned. I think that the military wanted it to leak out like this, honestly. Because how are you… I mean, for crying out loud, you can’t even get to that, what, Area 51 in New Mexico. Or not New Mexico, sorry. That’s in Vegas or Nevada, right? Yeah, go up there. You can’t even get near there. They… They have you in their sights. They’re going to come and intercept. So I really find it hard to believe that somebody just posted on top of a ridge and was able to oversee all this stuff. We have a lot more on the way. Stick with us. Our partners, people like Caltech, the KS7 Gen 2 shotgun, which is, I mean, it’s just a really smooth pump action shotgun. And they have the new upgrade, the new Gen 2, which is packed with a number of different upgrades. In fact, you have a five slot Picatinny style rail. that you can add grips lights you can keep it flush and sleek with a cap if you want you can enjoy a smoother pump action for a faster cleaner cycling plus further enhanced durability and it’s still although the great things are there i mean it still weighs just under seven pounds unloaded it has a compact bullpup design you have maneuverability and tight spaces ambidextrous downward shell ejection seven plus one capacity for serious stopping power It’s great for home defense. This is definitely a great home defense gun. Also for range days and anywhere in between. MSRP is only $639, so it’s super affordable. Visit KeltecWeapons.com, made in the USA, family-owned. KeltecWeapons.com. Tell them that Dana sent you.
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SPEAKER 11 :
I’ve got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how’s it going today? It’s going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
SPEAKER 03 :
I’m Dan Morgan. I’m an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan & Morgan, which is America’s largest injury law firm.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 03 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan & Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?
SPEAKER 03 :
Probably the easiest way is dialing Pound Law. That’s Pound 529 from your cell phone. And our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow.
SPEAKER 12 :
Dan Morgan from Morgan & Morgan, America’s largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thanks for having me. Visit ForThePeople.com for an office near you.
SPEAKER 02 :
I’m trying to understand the slam Frank thing. I actually saw this over the weekend and Steve’s got the video to this. Are we going to get hit on YouTube if we play this, by the way? I hope not. So if you don’t know what Slam Frank is, first off, it’s a musical. And I don’t like – I’m immediately predisposed to dislike it no matter where it comes from because it’s a musical. I’m just not into musicals. I just don’t have that suspension of disbelief to think that everybody – except maybe with the exception of the original West Side Story and The Sound of Music – I just, I have a hard time with it. This is supposed to be a musical satire in which Anne Frank is rewritten as the Netflix wunderkind, a Latinx pansexual girl named Anita. Here’s a glimpse of Slam Frank as Kane dies.
SPEAKER 05 :
literary ambitions will be clocking top profits in non-fiction I’ll revise to precision organize every thought and dot all these I’s till I finish after I’ve read it I’ll edit and edit until it’s better this story needs to revision and baby I’m my own editor I’m finna re-write my diary until the publishers are hiring me and I’ma let out this fire in me
SPEAKER 02 :
This sounds horrible. So it’s called Slam Frank. And I don’t even know the way that it’s there’s a lot of controversy about it. It centers on the rewritten Anne Frank called Anita through the lens of intersectional, multi-ethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip hop. Slam Frank. What do you think of Slam Frank? Would you go see it? I immediately hate it. It’s just pitchy.
SPEAKER 10 :
I’ve already seen too much.
SPEAKER 02 :
I mean, and people are like, it’s satire. Okay, then what is it satirizing? If it’s satire, what is it? Where is the satire? What is the satirical aspect? What is the thing that it’s… Is it satirizing rap? That’s the thing. No one can answer that question. What is it satirizing then? Anybody?
SPEAKER 10 :
Got nothing.
SPEAKER 02 :
Here’s Daily Mail’s headline. Holocaust victim Anne Frank reimagined as pansexual Latina with non-binary lover and neurodiverse family. What is this even? And she’s got one leg. And she’s gluten intolerant. And colorblind. And deaf in one ear. What?
SPEAKER 10 :
She wins.
SPEAKER 02 :
I just want, I should do it. What is it? I mean, it’s almost to the point where it’s satirizing itself. It’s so cringe. Oh, I’ve seen enough clips. I don’t need to go see it in the theaters because there’s not enough liquor in the world.
SPEAKER 10 :
This is how bad it is. Somebody first had the idea. Then they wrote it down, convinced others that it was a good idea. Those others agreed to it. Then they executed it as written. And here we are.
SPEAKER 02 :
It bypassed a lot of stops there in order to get on stage. It began as an Instagram parody. And the guy who created it was joking about making this production to make, quote, Latinx girlies feel included in the Holocaust. Now, Mike, wait a minute. Is it serious or because you can’t tell anymore? And then they did like a full, it like inspired like a full production built around it. And that’s how it, they said it was a fictional theater troupe trying to decolonize Anne Frank’s story. And then it went to this absurdity of characters, et cetera. Is it satirizing wokery or is it satirizing non-wokery to the point where it is a joke? Kane, I can’t break. Steve, what is your thought?
SPEAKER 10 :
My head is hurting.
SPEAKER 02 :
You wouldn’t go see this.
SPEAKER 07 :
No. As we know on the show, I’m not a hater of musicals like you are, but… I know.
SPEAKER 02 :
I appreciate that about you.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, no problem. But it’s just Anne Frank was a tough person and tough life, and I don’t know if we should be making light of that.
SPEAKER 02 :
I know. See, that’s what I’m like. I’m like, hasn’t… Callie, hasn’t the girl been thrown off? I’m like, come on. I just… I think that this is where people try to get too smart and over their skis and they create something that does not hit the mark. And someone I think what they were trying to do was like a Hamilton, a Hamilton style thing. And they wanted to incorporate characters that were. uh like i like discovering marginalized identities which is a phrase i don’t believe in because i think if in this day and age if you if any you’re you can marginalize yourself but i don’t think that people have the power anymore to marginalize you unless you’re talking about critical race theory marginalizing its non-adherence is the only thing i can think of but they uh sold out 34 performances and either people think it’s daring satire or just deeply offensive. Like Reddit is full of they hate it or they hate the people who hate it. That’s it. There’s no in between. There’s no in between here.
SPEAKER 10 :
How big were these rooms they were selling out? Do we know?
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No, we don’t know. Like the Book of Mormon they were saying was – when I think of satire, I think of Spaceballs. I think of Mel Brooks who was the genius. I think of Christopher Guest and like Best in Show, right? That movie is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Spinal Tap. That’s what I think of when I think of satire. I don’t think of rewriting Anne Frank as like a genderqueer whatever Latinx doesn’t know what she is type of thing. How does that, that doesn’t make it modern. What the hell does that even mean? Someone said they’re trying to modernize. How do you modernize Anne Frank? That’s so stupid. Shut up. She’s a historical figure. She was a real person and you are de-othering her or othering her by stripping her of her identity. That’s actually the irony in this whole thing. I mean, were they trying to do unintentional irony? That’s a lot. That’s a long journey to get to that end with this. Of course, this is, it’s like they Netflixed her. Like how, you know, Netflix changes and ruins everything. Oh my gosh. Like they’re, I think they’re doing another Pride and Prejudice. Can you stop it? We don’t need another damn Pride and Prejudice. We don’t need another damn Jane Austen story. Stop. We don’t need any of it. It’s all annoying. Othering her, though. That’s what this is. So I just I let’s not and say we did. Let’s just and they called it Slam Frank. That was cringy. That clip that we played. That’s why I hate musicals. I can’t sit there in a theater and hear that kind of performance and go, wow, that’s really good. I can’t. I can’t. It’s just the cheesy over the top delivery. I’m sorry, theater kids. It’s just not my jam. Sorry. Just not. Just not. So I don’t know. They said it sparked controversy. I think the guy did it. Maybe it might be a leftist. Otherwise, they would have burnt the theater down already.
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