CANDIDE ALERT!!!

[greenpagan]

Hey…All you Cunegondes out there…Get on the ball!

Tonight, there’s a broadcast of a semistaged performance of Leonard Bernstein‘s "Candide" on PBS.

We get it wherever the hell I am at around 9 pm.

Your showings might be on a different schedule.

But check it out.

In this best of all possible worlds…

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/candide/

BTW--Don’t miss the incredible inspirational “Watch Our Garden Grow” at the conclusion.

[Kikosexy2]

1. Oooooh...

a musical!! Operetta! I just get goose-pimples! How simply gay of me!

[Cheswick2.0]

4. It's a very political subject

I have heard the story is actually a commentary on the industrial age or something.

Would someone less ignorant than I fill me in?

[Trajan]

2. Chuckles ....

My only real introduction to Voltaire ... Candide is brilliant ....

'The Best of all Possible worlds' ... was that Pangloss ?

[Cheswick2.0]

3. That is my favorite choral piece of music

if I ever am foolish enough to get married again I swear I will have a large choir singing it.

Thanks for the heads up. LB was a brilliant composer.

[Greybnk48]

5. The unholy alliance between church and state

and the oppression of the little guy. (The book) has racism, religious oppression, the absurdity of war, and a clear argument that life is not a part of a Divine plan. "The best of all possible worlds" argument is a set up. If this is the best of all possible worlds then complaining is blasphemy. Working for change is blasphemy. You're criticizing God's creation! Great way to keep the rabble in their place.


Voltaire is one of my heros!!