Are you ready for this? A Theory of Justice, the Musical. No, really:
In order to draw inspiration for his magnum opus, John Rawls travels back through time to converse (in song) with a selection of political philosophers, including Plato, Locke, Rousseau and Mill. But the journey is not as smooth as he hoped: for as he pursues his love interest, the beautiful student Fairness, through history, he must escape the evil designs of his libertarian arch-nemesis, Robert Nozick, and his objectivist lover, Ayn Rand. Will he achieve his goal of defining Justice as Fairness?
I thought they already made that show. It was called Hair.
Tempting to fly over to Oxford and see it, but I think I’ll just stick with The Avengers.
Hat tip David Koyzis
Dear Greg,
Not to give it away, but Rousseau’s big number is not called “Everywhere in Chains” – don’t know how that rumour started!
The producers of “A Theory of Justice: The Musical!”
Oops. David Koyzis put that in his post (linked above) presumably as a joke. I took it seriously. Face = red!
Post fixed; my apologies for the error.
(That said, you have to admit it’s exactly the right title for a show-stopping number by Jean-Jacques Rousseau!)
Nope! We’ve written our own song and it’s even better 🙂
Will you share the title? If it’s better than “Everywhere in Chains” I’ll plug your show again. 🙂
“Man Was Born Free” – a steamy rock anthem duet between Rousseau and Fairness.
More details on the music available in our official press release: http://media.wix.com/ugd//95de78_633a525e91c20d005f81eb674d7dd326.pdf
There is no veil behind which he can hide from me! I shall pierce it, and he will surrender.
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