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A hilarious comedy
about the death of
freedom in America.
Original Production:
Urban Stages, New York,
May 2006
Cast: Amanda Sisk,
Corey Moosa, Ellie
Dvorkin, Kim Moscaritolo,
Trixze Smith, Noah
Diamond, Brian Louis
Hoffman
Musical Arrangements
and Piano: D.J. Thacker
Written and Directed by
Noah Diamond and
Amanda Sisk
Scenes: "The Wedding,"
"Intelligent Design," "Save
it for Later," "Pharmacist
for Life," "Deep Inside
Washington," "Roe v.
Wade," "Abortionland,"
"The Education of Mopsy
Jimenez- Tippington,"
"Santorum," "The
McPatton Thing," "The
Armor You Have,"
"Talking to the Pictures,"
"Culture of Life"
Songs: "Moral Value
Meal," "For the Love of
God," "The Creature,"
"Corporations Are People
Too," "God Bless the
G.O.P," "Moral Value Meal
Finale"
about the death of
freedom in America.
Original Production:
Urban Stages, New York,
May 2006
Cast: Amanda Sisk,
Corey Moosa, Ellie
Dvorkin, Kim Moscaritolo,
Trixze Smith, Noah
Diamond, Brian Louis
Hoffman
Musical Arrangements
and Piano: D.J. Thacker
Written and Directed by
Noah Diamond and
Amanda Sisk
Scenes: "The Wedding,"
"Intelligent Design," "Save
it for Later," "Pharmacist
for Life," "Deep Inside
Washington," "Roe v.
Wade," "Abortionland,"
"The Education of Mopsy
Jimenez- Tippington,"
"Santorum," "The
McPatton Thing," "The
Armor You Have,"
"Talking to the Pictures,"
"Culture of Life"
Songs: "Moral Value
Meal," "For the Love of
God," "The Creature,"
"Corporations Are People
Too," "God Bless the
G.O.P," "Moral Value Meal
Finale"
Moral Value Meal is the second
chapter in the Burning Bush
trilogy. Picking up where Burning
Bush left off, it examines the
central fallacy of the Bush
administration's second-term
spin: that the 2004 election was
decided by "moral values."
The first half takes place all over
America. A gay wedding is busted
by the Department of Homeland
Security. A pharmacist refuses to
fill a prescription for birth control.
Wholesome songbirds hawk
chapter in the Burning Bush
trilogy. Picking up where Burning
Bush left off, it examines the
central fallacy of the Bush
administration's second-term
spin: that the 2004 election was
decided by "moral values."
The first half takes place all over
America. A gay wedding is busted
by the Department of Homeland
Security. A pharmacist refuses to
fill a prescription for birth control.
Wholesome songbirds hawk
Noah Diamond, Trixze Smith, Ellie Dvorkin, Corey Moosa,
Brian Louis Hoffman, Amanda Sisk
Brian Louis Hoffman, Amanda Sisk
For the Love of God, a CD compilation of evangelical love songs "guaranteed to keep you
out of the mood."
The show then moves to Washington, where true morality is even scarcer. Donald
Rumsfeld and Peter Pace approve body armor that's nothing more than a strip: "You can
move it up and down," the Secretary of Defense confidently explains. Senator Rick
Santorum takes his feelings about the human fetus much, much too far. And George W.
Bush, after conferring with several portraits, interrupts a Crawford vacation to prevent a
man from removing a feeding tube from the severed leg of his deceased wife. It's
hilarious!
out of the mood."
The show then moves to Washington, where true morality is even scarcer. Donald
Rumsfeld and Peter Pace approve body armor that's nothing more than a strip: "You can
move it up and down," the Secretary of Defense confidently explains. Senator Rick
Santorum takes his feelings about the human fetus much, much too far. And George W.
Bush, after conferring with several portraits, interrupts a Crawford vacation to prevent a
man from removing a feeding tube from the severed leg of his deceased wife. It's
hilarious!
It happens in stages.
It's like the Dark Ages.
Commandments in the court,
Constitution on the shelf.
The government's lying,
illegally spying.
Democracy is dying
and I don't feel so good myself.
Whatever you thought a free republic was,
get used to the fear, the fraud, the fight, the fuzz.
Whatever you hear or read or say or do,
Big Brother's looking at you -- you're a terrorist!
Forget about welfare.
There's not even health care.
Of course if you're a millionaire,
they'll cut you a deal.
We're not getting younger,
so to help with our hunger,
sit down and order me
a moral value meal.
It's like the Dark Ages.
Commandments in the court,
Constitution on the shelf.
The government's lying,
illegally spying.
Democracy is dying
and I don't feel so good myself.
Whatever you thought a free republic was,
get used to the fear, the fraud, the fight, the fuzz.
Whatever you hear or read or say or do,
Big Brother's looking at you -- you're a terrorist!
Forget about welfare.
There's not even health care.
Of course if you're a millionaire,
they'll cut you a deal.
We're not getting younger,
so to help with our hunger,
sit down and order me
a moral value meal.
Read Noah's essay "Becoming Santorum," about one of the great
acting challenges of a lifetime.
acting challenges of a lifetime.
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Moral Value Meal: About the Show