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...they should have. Sinead may have the right to express her political opinions, but most people would probably disagree on the setting and forum in which she chose to speak (or sing) her mind. But Sinead is not the first musician to step out of the role of singer to promote a personal cause. In the past decade, musicians have more and more sought to wield extraordinary influence over their fans in ways that go beyond the record label...
...technique ultimately proved self-defeating. Without any explanantion, the audience's natural reaction was to disapprove of this demonstration. After all, these people had come to see a popular singer, albeit with a debatably melifluous voice. She was supposed to keep things simple and, believe it or not, just sing. These people didn't come to SNL studios to humor inexplicable political views...
THEATER Of Thee I Sing, in revival, mocks today's follies...
TITLE: OF THEE I SING...
Ostensibly that's the spoof campaign in Of Thee I Sing, the 1931 Gershwin brothers hit that became the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. But is this joke election so much daffier than the real thing, with one contender playing the saxophone while another spouts platitudes about family values? Is a Vice President whom no one recognizes any more ludicrous than one who fluffs grade-school spelling...