Another genre I rather loathe is the Broadway Musical (having been in a few myself). I hold you cannot truly despise traditional Broadway unless you've actually done "Carousel", or Caro-hell as it is known from the inside. The plot is insipid yet miserable (spousal abuse, suicide, and clambakes) with more holes in it than a Meccano set, the songs are campy predictable fluff; oh dear gawd its awful and the fans of traditional Broadway worship the dam thing. It must be done correctly. Broadway continues to take itself very very seriously, thinking it's cutting edge and relevant, and its mostlly shit; think "Cats".
Thankfully, there are musicals that skewer themselves or are actually well-crafted or it would be a wasteland...
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