Exactly.
The screeching pomposity of opera fused with the naff shitness of musicals.
( Zuowan, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 3:59, archived)

Not quite what I was going for
But you make a good point.
( Lord Gnome, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 4:27, archived)

opera has proper passion
and decent tunes.. musicals are just the beatles done with an orchestra
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Fri 27 Aug 2010, 4:46, archived)