Guest guest Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 A Special Labor Day Treat: Wal Mart, The Musical Posted by: Michelle Conlin on August 30 Comes now the latest skewering of Wal-Mart...a musical called WalMartopia that was the audience coup de foudre at last summer's International Fringe Theatre Festival. WalMartopia opens Off Broadway on-ahem-Labor Day in New York City's Greenwich Village at the Minetta Lane Theater. Judging from the music on the PR firm's hold button, the tunes are Phantom'ish catchy. There is something in the dystopian theme song- rolling electronic organ riffs, dissonant chorus-that is reminiscent of Vincent Price on Michael Jackson's Thriller album. WalMartopia tells the story of one Vicki Latrell, a noble single mother who dares speak truth to power. After complaining about the sweatshop-like working conditions in her store (sound familiar?), she's spun, Oz-like, into the future. This is a place Wal Mart has colonized. Think Urinetown meets Bentonville. As a special, Labor Day wind-up, here's the lyrics to aforementioned theme song: We are one under Wal-Mart Wal-Mart feeds us all We were were born to consume >From the cradle to the tomb Never may you fall One nation under Wal-Mart Wal Mart makes us free And our minds are at rest Mother Wal-Mart knows what's best WalMartopia! Med-Mart has the pills to pop When the nightmares just won't stop School-Mart teaches us to shop How to stock and sweep and mop News-Mart tells us what is real What to think and how to feel Smash our enemies all apart at National Security-Mart I AM WAL-MART! WAL-MARTOPIA! HAPPY LABOR DAY EVERYBODY! “The Earth is not dying - she is being killed. And those who are killing her have names and addresses.†— Utah Phillips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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