LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN FROM MUSICALS
Les Miserables:
Stealing a loaf of bread may seem like a good idea, but it will literally fuck up your entire life.
Spring Awakening:
If you get laid, you die. If you don't get laid, you die. Also don't trust your parents.
Chicago:
It's ok to murder people as long as you wear lingerie and can sing and dance.
The King and I:
Racism doesn't count if you sing about it.
My Fair Lady: People will like you if you talk like you have a broom stick up your ass.
Hairspray: In the 60s, people will hate you if you're overweight, UNLESS you also hang out with black people.
RENT:
AIDS really blows.
A Chorus Line:
If you ever audition for a musical chorus, you better have a goddamn good story as to why you became a dancer.
Grease:
If your boyfriend doesn't like you, change absolutely everything about yourself to please him.
The Phantom of the Opera:
When choosing between a controlling boyfriend and a sociopath composer with a messed up face who dwells in an opera house's basement, take your sweet damn time.
Rocky Horror Picture Show:
Finding refuge from a storm in a mansion who's owner is a transvestite will make you inexplicably horny, and seemingly bisexual.