This would have been the first time the F-bomb was dropped in a Broadway musical, but then Sondheim realised that doing so would have rendered the cast recording illegal to distribute, so they changed it to "Krup You."
It took until Hair for Broadway to allow unencumbered access to the Anglo-Saxon.
Also, the nonsense words in the Jet Song were all just minced oaths:
Now I want to see a production of West Side Story where they just let go, sing "Here come the Jets—/Yeah! And we're gonna beat/Every last fucking gang/On the whole fucking street!"
It took until Hair for Broadway to allow unencumbered access to the Anglo-Saxon.
Also, the nonsense words in the Jet Song were all just minced oaths:
Now I want to see a production of West Side Story where they just let go, sing "Here come the Jets—/Yeah! And we're gonna beat/Every last fucking gang/On the whole fucking street!"
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
