Prop 8 the Musical

With 1.2 million hits in it's first day online, I'm sure everyone has seen this 12 times already, but it's still brilliant and I'm posting it, so there!

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... by Jack Black

Barack Obama’s ascension just had us all so giddy. We were thinking of how to film it, and I said, “Well, maybe that first section should be all of us on a hill, with poppies, and it snows and we’re put to sleep, and then the Proposition 8 people are looking through the crystal ball, like the Wicked Witch of the West in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’” Because that’s what happened. We stupidly allowed ourselves to be lulled into a sense of, everything’s fantastic now, look – everything’s changing. And this couldn’t possibly be voted into law. This is just like some little pesky thing that we’re swatting at, and it will go away immediately.
-Marc Shaiman, via NY Times

Marc Shaiman is a sweetie

"I went to the Premiere in NYC last night and basically lived a fantasy, I am truly sorry that anyone out there went to the movie last night and had the opposite experience."

No, he's not talking about those who went blind while watching Travolta's shimmy in the fatsuit informed by Tim Allen's body type preferences. He's referring to the hordes of fans who hoped to get into the Hairspray premiere (and had passes for first-come first-serve entry), and were dismayed to find that NONE of them were admitted. Shaiman posted on Broadwayworld's message boards, asking what New Line could do to make it up to the fans. "I don't know if that means a free pass, a DVD extra or a back massage."

Back massage? Only if it comes directly from you, Marc!