"Who's the Guy?" (From the Unproduced Musical How to Get Ahead in Philosophy Without Really Lying )
2008; University of Minnesota Press; Volume: 68; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cul.2008.0005
ISSN1460-2458
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
Resumo"Who's the Guy?"(From the Unproduced Musical How to Get Ahead in Philosophy Without Really Lying) Niels Strandskov (bio) Act 1, Scene 3—The Quad FRESHMAN, T.A., GRAD STUDENT CHORUS, and PROFESSORS CHORUS enter, milling about the stage. GRAD STUDENTS: Who's the guy?Who's the guy?Who's the guy that won't be bored? PROFESSORS:He's the guy!He's the guy!The guy that'll leave you floored! FRESHMAN:He said our life's spectacular!His pronouncements were oracular!Said the gaze is just our shackler!Who's the guy? ALL:It's Guy Debord, Guy Debord!Killed himself in ninety-four!Lived in France, didn't dance,He wrote a book and took a chance,That every adman, don, and planner,Couldn't catch his well-toss'd spanner. [End Page 258] T.A.:He wanted council communists,But his work's now read on PoMo lists,As the hyperreal comes to the fore,Who's got time for Guy Debord?Reading books is such a chore!Who's got time for Guy Debord? PROFESSORS:We've got time for Guy Debord!In this endless academic war,He made the PCF quite frantic,When he said that Marx was too romantic.He made it safe for us to say,The revolution is in work and play! ALL:Pro-situs and the LetteristsBoth claimed him—was he anarchist?When in Paris he would stroll, A sacred drift without a goal.But in the end what did for him,Was vino, vodka, rum, and gin.It's Guy Debord! Guy Debord! Niels Strandskov Niels Strandskov has a bachelor's degree in cinema and media culture studies from the University of Minnesota. His writing on film and theater has appeared in The Reader (Omaha), City Pages (Minneapolis), and the The Minnesota Daily, where he was arts and entertainment editor for three years. Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Minnesota
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