archmichael

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So "The Producers" is about a shady Broadway producer who hires an accountant to do the bookkeeping. Unknowingly he oversold shares in the production, but it isn't a big deal because the show failed. So no one is going to be coming around to collect their share.

Gene Wilder, playing the accountant, jokingly suggests if he oversold the play even further, and the show failed he could be rich.

So the seed is planted and they go about finding the worst play, the worst director, and the worst actor to ensure a failure.

"Staying Alive" has all the same elements. Who the fuck goes to watch a modern dance interpretation called "Satan's Alley"? The producers hire a crazy director who dresses like

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