Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Hashtag doesn't "sing"

So I went this afternoon and saw "Nobody Loves You", a cute slight musical about a philosophy grad student going on a reality dating show to prove it doesn't work, and then he falls in love with a producer.  Cute, in a connect the dots kind of way.
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Some great singers, one or two amazing songs, and one odd aside.  A blogger about the show who does a live twitter feed operates as a musical narrator of sorts.  And will punctuate his comments with "#LoveTheJeff" or "#obviously".
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Which is sung as "hashtag obviously".
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So the show went on quickly and ended nicely.  And, as one, most of the older women in the audience turned to their companions and said, "Hashtag?  What's that?"And the older men said, "I though it was one of the character's names."
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Younger relatives explained for a while before finally agreeing on "Yeah, kind of like a subject line."