Comments on Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: Remember That Title

Haven't seen Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson yet, but I'm a fan of Le Freres Corbusier's earlier works, especially their brilliant breakthrough piece, A Very Merry Unauthorized Scientology Christmas Pageant. (Has it had a Seattle production?) Kyle Jarrow, who wrote the book, music and lyrics to Pageant, has not been as involved in the recent pieces. Truth be told, I have felt that the troupe's shows were becoming less brilliant yet more showy as Les Freres has grown more popular. However, your review gives me hope that Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson will steer Alex Timbers back in the right direction.

oh, so it's a musical set in one of Linda Derschong's bars?

on a less smartmouth note, this actually looks like an interesting show and it would be cool if some of their shows do come to Seattle. And the cast/staff of Le Freres Corbusier are smokin'...check out pictures of them and their celebrity guests at:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24482

how did the show handle the indian wars and the removal? it seems like it could be an intersting show but i have mixed feelings after listening to the myspace clip, 10 little indians. irony and genocide, when its a subject close to you, can be difficult to take.

Whatever they say about Andrew Jackson, chances are that they will leave out that to date he is the one and ONLY American president who stated repeatedly, while in office, mind you, that allowing disparity in wealth between rich and poor to grow without government intervention was a threat to national security.

No other president we have ever had would touch that one with a 10-fooot pole. But Jackson nailed it, and FDR proved it.

Jiberish, Les Corbusier is deeply rooted in irony. Again, I haven't seen Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, but if it is like the troupe's other shows, Jackson likely sings with pride about killing Indians. Of course, this is designed to make Jackson look bad to today's audiences. If you have a close connection to the genocide, I think it would be difficult to take if you hear people laughing at the outrageousness of Jackson's statements.

You guessed rightly, Bub—Jackson sings with pride about killing Native Americans (and Spaniards and Brits and Frenchmen: he was an ecumenical killer).

But conclusion of Bloody Bloody deals with the Indian Removal Act (and its concomitant violence) in a genuine and chilling way.

Sorry to say it boys and girls, Jackson was a....Democrat and sadly the first President that the party (then also knows as "the democracy") elected.

Though he did have a populist flavor (which Democrats have exploited for good and ill) I could not deal with a musical about him. He was also a slave holder as well as a killer of Native Americans....

I will have to pass.

Forgive me, Andrew, but I don't get it. Because attending a musical that is critical of Andrew Jackson will, somehow, indicate that you're pro-slavery and genocide? That seems bizarre.

I actually just did MONOPOLY! in Seattle, which as one of its threads is my experiences being produced by Les Freres Corbusier, my time with Alex Timbers and our efforts to secure a gigantic Tesla coil for show. They're good people.

The bullet, by the by, remained in Jackson's body for 19 years because, we assume, Jackson knew that time spent removing the bullets would just fall under the general category of "time not dueling," Jackson's least favorite category.