Being a Tim Minchin fan will help
The songs cracked me up. Retains the spirit of the book which was a favourite when I was a kid.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 13:31, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

That's pretty much all I hoped for.
I know it's not my ideal choice of entertainment, but I assumed it would be passable and not hateful given what it's based on and who is behind it.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Given my (unsurprising) predisposition towards musical theatre
you're not going to love it as much as I did. But the missus probably will, and you won't hate it, and you'll have boyfriend points for taking her. And what do boyfriend points make?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Prizes!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 13:41, Reply)

Yeah, sexy prizes

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Did you see South Park the other week?
The whole premise was that musicals are dreamt up by men to get blowjobs, and men only take their partners to see them to get blowjobs.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 15 Nov 2011, 14:07, Reply)