If anyone hasn't seen Oklahoma! and doesn't want to have any of it spoiled, you shouldn't read this posting. It has some spoiler-type information. If you have seen it or don't mind having part of it ruined for you, then read on!
So I feel a need to put in my two bits about this Jud fellow in Oklahoma! Honestly, does he have to die all the time? Is that really the only way for this show to end happily? (FYI - I am Jud so I'm incredibly biased.) Can't he just stay gone? Does he have to come back and die? He's already been ostracized and dumped on by everyone at his last several jobs when all he's done is worked really hard and done a great job at being a farm hand. Being socially awkward isn't a reason to bump somebody off, is it? (If so, a lot of you reading this might not be around much longer.) Maybe this whole Laurie thing is motivation for him to quit drinking, burn the dirty pictures, and find a nice girl to settle down with; after all, he does have $42.31 in cash to start his new life. Or maybe he shows up at the wedding, kisses the bride, gives Curly some dirty pictures as a present, and then runs of with one of the bridesmaids. It just seems a bit drab Jud dying all the time. Couldn't we jazz it up a bit? At least change up the way he dies every now and again! Maybe we could throw in a rousing chorus of Puttin' On The Ritz before the farmer and cowman become friends by formnig a mob that lynches Jud. What better way to bring a town together? We could have him shot down in a valiant attempt to rescue Ali Hakim from the store in Bushyhead. How about he catches pneumonia again and doesn't pull through this time because no one will bring him hot soup? Maybe we could have the audience vote on how to end it, a choose-your-own-adventure kind of a story. I like it. Any takers? Anybody?
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Now Hold On.
Who says Ali Hakim Cant rescue himself from Bushyhead? He is a fine man strong like an Ox. And i think he can outrun Gertie anyday! There is my two bits.
Dugan aka Ali
I love the fact that he gets hit! haha, you get hit in almost all the shows this summer! I even get to hit you once! Not near as hard as Lauri, but hey, I get to hit you as Queen in Cinderella! :-) I think all Juds must Die! LOL
word dude, you should totally write a spiff play on Oklahoma.
Better yet, spoof many musicals - it will be for musical theater what shrek was for fairy tales.
I guess i should have asked if you actually liked shrek before I said that, ah well. :P
BTW I'm a random thespian from upstate NY and found starlight blog by chance. :)
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