Just When You Thought My Life Couldn’t Possibly Get Worse, It Does: The Musical, Based on the Film Precious, Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire

April 23, 2011

Featuring the Songs:

“New York in the Eighties: Not a White Hipster in Site”

You Think Your Life is Hard? It’s Not. Not Even A Little”

“I Wish At Least One Aspect Of My Life Wasn’t Completely Shitty (One Day My Prince Will Come)”

“Stolen Fried Chicken Is Twice As Tasty As Fried Chicken Paid For”

“Yes, You Heard Right. The Retarded Baby I Had By My Father Is Named Mongo”

“Yes, You Heard Right. My Physically Abusive Mother Claims Social Security Benefits on the Retarded Baby I Had By My Father, But My Grandmother Takes Care Of It–Not That I Think Of It As “It”; I Think Of It As Daddy-Brother, Jr.”

“A Little Bit Of Hope Before The Massive Leg Sweep (The Thinnest Scrim of Sunshine Just Went Behind A Cloud Of Shit)”

“Requiem (Eight Million Stories In The City, And None Of Them As Much Of A Massive Aluminum Bat To The Reproductive Organs As This One, The Emotional Impact Of Which Is Almost Undercut By The Sheer Weight–The Enormity (And No, That’s Not A Fat Joke)–Of My Multitudinous and Ultimately Insurmountable Problems (I Believe I Can Fly!))”


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