In an earlier post I professed my love for the UK television program "Skins". I've only seen the first two of three seasons; the last season features an almost entirely different cast. Anyway, the second episode of the second season features a 9/11 musical, with the cast occupying various roles on and off stage.
I think there was an off- Broadway or off off-Broadway musical on the same topic, titled "Clear Blue Tuesday" or something of the sort. I believe that the musical in this show is called "Osama: The Musical!" (or, again, something of the sort). Oh, the show is available to view on Hulu. I haven't the time or energy to rewatch it but I clearly remember how incredibly tasteless it was...and that was sort of the point. In the show, the school's director wrote the musical himself, and though he is British he claims that he's a New Yorker at heart. Yeah, right. One of the lines from the main song is "Then came the day Osama blew us away/oh yes he blew us away", and in the opening number "hey girl" is made to rhyme with "bagel" (it works better if you try on a British-ish accent). Like I said it's incredibly tasteless, tactless, and therefore hilarious in a sort of twisted way. Don't get me wrong, I find little humor in the events of that day, it was devastating to say the least. The musical as produced in this show is deliberately cartoonish and exhibits the worst of all the cliches and hallmarks of cheesy jazz-hands Broadway musicals, and that is what makes it darkly, bitingly funny. It's nevertheless haunting, though, to remember the events of that day, even in this setting.
I bring this up because September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday in the second full week of the month, just like today. But today was mostly overcast.
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