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re: Philly High School drops MILLIE after complaints of racism
Posted by: reed23 05:47 pm EST 12/26/15
In reply to: Philly High School drops MILLIE after complaints of racism - TimDunleavy 02:37 pm EST 12/26/15
An educational opportunity was missed, without a discussion of how MILLIE's stage adaptation satirized and reversed the period stereotypes, rather than perpetuated them – a point that clearly didn't elude the Tony voters, who voted MILLIE as Best Musical, or the millions of other theatergoers worldwide who have seen productions of the show, now a staple of the musical theatre repertoire.

I wonder how the two students in question will do out in the real world – probably as well as Shrieking Girl from Yale.

Interesting article at link, re: book writer Dick Scanlan and the toned-down MILLIE.
Link Dick Scanlan and MILLIE
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