'Terrorist musical' under attack

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A satirical musical about Islamic terrorism is causing protest ahead of its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe.

 Jihad: The Musical, due to play at the C venue throughout August, is billed as a "madcap gallop through the wacky world of international terrorism".

But a petition on the Prime Minister's website calls for the "tasteless" show to be scrapped.

Composer Ben Scheuer defended the production, telling BBC Radio 4 it was "controversial because it is relevant".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6922814.stm
 
Of course its "tasteless"... most everything on the Edinburgh fringe is, and always has been. That's rather the point of it.
 
As far as I'm concerned, there isn't enough lampooning of terrorism or the violent misuse of religion going on. It's important, from my point of view, to take the mick out of dangerous, scary things, because once you can laugh at something, you're no longer afraid of it.
 
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Muezzin said:
As far as I'm concerned, there isn't enough lampooning of terrorism or the violent misuse of religion going on. It's important, from my point of view, to take the mick out of dangerous, scary things, because once you can laugh at something, you're no longer afraid of it.
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I agree :smile:
 
Greetings,

I agree also. Satire is a very good weapon against human idiocy and bad behaviour of all kinds.

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To be a complete satire, it also needs to parody the Governmental reactions to terrorism too. I'd be surprised if it didn't.
 

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