Talk:Poor Unfortunate Souls

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I happened to hear Fiddler_on_the_Roof cd version ("Topol - If I Were A Rich Man" quite a bit different from the movie one) and thought it sounded very similar to South Park's "I can change". Looking at the comments in "I can change" I found someone mention Poor Unfortunate piece. This one doesn't sound too similar to the Fiddler song so I suspect the South Park composer borrowed from both of the songs either consciously or unconsciously.

I have never heard the song but it sounds good. All the other songs are great. You should really give the Jonas Brothers a chance.

                                                  Sharkattack

You are joking, right? It's bad. 193.132.145.151 (talk) 16:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When Howard Ashman died of AIDS in 1991 at the height of his powers it was a blow to American musical theater. In 1991, relating "Poor Unfortunate Souls" to the Camp tradition would have scared parents away from the film. A quarter century later, children tranquilly watch Glee and Modern Family on prime time TV. Talking about Ashman's work without mentioning camp is like talking about Sinatra without being allowed to mention he was Italian. This song in particular is filled with sly jokes about gender. Surely there are articles out there in gay studies by now which could help enrich this article.Profhum (talk) 05:00, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]