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Article: Stage hit springs a surprisestage Jerry Springer : The Opera, King's Theatre
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- Evening Times
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- March 7, 2006
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TRYING to remain impartial and open-minded when it comes to Jerry
Springer - The Opera is a bit like trying to stifle a chuckle when a
dozen Klu Klux Klan figures are tap-dancing across a stage.
It just doesn't work. Having read screeds about its blasphemous
content and distractedly watched the controversial BBC2 screening
last New Year, it was with some Springer baggage that I witnessed the
opening night in Glasgow.
What I didn't expect was an uplifting, thought-provoking show that
was technically brilliant and ultimately had a message of loving thy
neighbour and acceptance of others that doesn't get a mention in any
anti-Jerry sentiment.
Ironically, the protesters gathered outside added a ...