Peter Evans, July 2: “‘Summer terror spectacular’? Is it a musical? Will the terrorists be holding a musical?”
AFP, August 2: “‘Jihad: The Musical,’ which features songs including ‘I wanna be like Osama’ and is described as ‘a madcap gallop through the wacky world of international terrorism,’ is on at the Edinburgh Fringe festival this month.”
Heh.
UPDATE: There’s video!
August 3rd, 2007 at 4:19:14 am
My favorite part is how offensive the terrorists will find this :)
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:17:16 am
“The Greatest Broadway Sensation Since “Springtime for Hitler.” Much better than Cats.”
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:10:05 pm
I thought the same thing, David. :)
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:02:19 pm
this looks fantastic, i want to see it. i think this will offend all sorts of people i hate.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:26:04 pm
Wahey! My dreams make actual for glorious reality!
August 4th, 2007 at 12:04:42 am
Oh, Alasdair, how I envy you right now . . . Go on, ya daft Weegie, gies ae full recording of it!
August 4th, 2007 at 10:05:16 pm
Soren - I’m in the Los Angeles area - but I’ll have to see if my brother (who teaches in Edinburgh) can get a CD or similar of it …
Interesting how it’s an admixture of Tom Lehrer and Gilbert-and-Sullivan … (grin) …