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Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 12:24 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to:	Side Show final song… - Solberg 06:04 pm EDT 08/06/14

"It has always stricken me as one of the dumbest songs I have ever heard. I mean--they are Siamese Twins and all--how could they leave each other?" I can't....

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re: Side Show final song…

Posted by:	chrisampm 01:39 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to:	re: Side Show final song… - Michael_Portantiere 12:24 am EDT 08/07/14

I can... In the context of that production, with so many vaudeville-style numbers riffing on their condition like We Share Everything, Leave Me Alone, 1+1=3, and When I'm By Your Side, we're primed to laugh at these puns. So I found the number, at least at the start, to be ironical. Then I thought it was stupid. And then I was moved. Condon's done much to solve all that.

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