Disney's Frozen JR held the top spot among short musicals.Īnd 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse tied with Check Please for the most popular short play. 1 full length play was Clue, followed by Puffs. The Addams Family topped the list of full-length musicals, followed by Mamma Mia! More than 2,300 public and private high school teachers across the U.S.
The Educational Theatre Association has released its top-10 lists of plays and musicals performed in high schools during the 2022-2023 school year. Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton
When the campers sing “Cum Bya, My Lord,” the song is considered punishment.Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of The Addams Family. Furthermore, God is blasphemed, and Christianity is mocked. Also, the emphasis on the occult and demon powers is distressing. If children imitate these scenes (and probably some may try), there may be no one to save the hapless infant like there is in the film. Especially disturbing are the supposedly funny scenes when Wednesday and Pugsley attempt to kill the baby by dropping him from heights and by guillotining him. She, in turn, sends the children to summer camp to get them out of the way for her diabolical plans.ĭespite the considerable black humor in the film, the movie presents a dark, twisted view of life. Uncle Fester falls in love with the Nanny, Debbie. The other children, Wednesday and Pugsley, are jealous of the baby and try several times to kill him.
As the movie opens, Morticia has Baby Pubert who, with his mustache, looks exactly like his father. The movie, like its predecessor, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, turns tradition upside down, spoofing cherished rituals and beliefs and dwelling instead on the dark, evil side of life. ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES exhibits macabre humor on one level, but on another, the film perfectly illustrates several “how to’s” in doing away with one’s victim.
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