People Are Trolling Mike Pence By Making Up Musicals About Him
"Anything Goes...If You're White, Male, Cisgender, Straight, And Christian."
Mike Pence attended a Broadway performance of Hamilton on Friday, and was booed by the audience. After the show, a cast member spoke to Pence directly and delivered an impassioned plea.
Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following stateme… https://t.co/ZVumpj3BBD
“We, sir — we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us,” said actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr.
“We truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us,” Dixon said. “This is one American story told by a diverse group of men and women of different colors, creeds, and orientations.”
The show’s pro-immigrant and pro-diversity themes may seem an odd choice of entertainment for the conservative politician, so people on Twitter are making up their own Pence-inspired musicals using the hashtag #NameAPenceMusical.
Annie Get Your IUD (before Jan 20) #NameAPenceMusical
"Rent: But Not to Those People" #NameaPenceMusical
#nameapencemusical How To Succeed In Winning An Election Without Having A Majority Of The Votes
Anything Goes...If You're White, Male, Cisgender, Straight, And Christian. #NameAPenceMusical
Many of the "Pence musicals" mention the vice president-elect's opposition to LGBT rights and support for conversion therapy:
Little Shop That Won't Sell To LGBT People Because They Think It Violates Their Misguided Religious Beliefs #NameAPenceMusical
Joseph Isn't Allowed To Wear His Technicolor Dreamcoat In Public Anymore #NameAPenceMusical
Oklahomophobia #NameAPenceMusical
Others draw upon the Trump campaign's racism and Pence's refusal to condemn former KKK leader David Duke as "deplorable."
#NameAPenceMusical The Grand Wizard of Oz
The KKKing and I #NameAPenceMusical
A Racist in the Sun #NameAPenceMusical
#NameAPenceMusical Snow White and the Seven Clansman
Others highlight Trump's proposed Muslim registry and vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Muslim Registry #NameAPenceMusical
Deporting Miss Saigon #NameAPenceMusical
And some draw upon the upcoming administration's history of sexism and anti-abortion views.
My Fair Lady (Has No Right To Choose) #NameAPenceMusical
Don't Dream, Girls #NameAPenceMusical
Grab My Fair Lady By The Pu$$y #NameAPenceMusical
I Don't Have to Ask if I Can Kiss You, Kate #NameaPenceMusical
Thoroughly Modern Misogyny #NameAPenceMusical
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