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"Blasphemy!" ? a 3-part musical about the afterlife, playing now in Madison, Wisconsin.

"Act I, 'Rapture,' takes place 10 years from now in a dystopian world where Republicans never relinquished power after losing the 2008 election. Instead, we have President Palin.... There are some great moments in Act II, set in Purgatory... Yet Act III, set in Paradise, falls a little flat..."

Isn't it the truth? You make it to Heaven, and then, after a while, it's boring. You can entertain yourself with the thought of how bad the alternative would be, but how long can you keep that up? A million years? You're just getting started!

But unlike the actual afterlife, a play about it is only a couple of hours or so, and you're entirely free to walk out whenever you want.

Bonus music ? emphatically not from the aforementioned musical:

"Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens."

Full post as published by Althouse on January 18, 2009 (boomark / email).