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Transcript: Interview: Warwick Thompson discusses his opinion of "Jerry Springer: The Opera," which is showing at a festival in Scotland
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- NPR All Things Considered
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- August 21, 2002
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Interview: Warwick Thompson discusses his opinion of "Jerry Springer:
The Opera," which is showing at a festival in Scotland
Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM
JACKI LYDEN, host:
Opera is taking center stage at the Fringe festival in Edinburgh,
Scotland, this year. If you think about operatic themes, clearly
treachery, adultery and a certain lurid element have long been the
subject of arias. Now comes a musical segue to "Jerry Springer:
The Opera," written by Richard Thomas. It is the hot ticket in Edinburgh
right now. The lyricist for the "Springer" opera said upon watching
the TV show that he realized it was ...