Yes, that’s right. The title of this post is banana oil. I realized when I was telling about my Jurassic Park viewing that I completely skipped over Thoroughly Modern Millie. I fear that it would be a grave error if i didn’t share that with you.
Let’s take a moment to talk about what Meghan and I thought this musical was about: a young woman who tries to make it in the fast paced world of office life in the 20’s.
Let’s now take a moment to talk about what this musical was actually about: a young woman working in an office trying to seduce her boss into marriage while simultaneously conducting an affair with a millionaire pretending to sell paperclips while also trying to figure out the strange disapearance of the orphaned women in her residence hotel which turn out to be part of a chinese white slavery smuggling ring. Did I mention that there was an airplane ride, flying acrobats and an elevator that only worked if you tap danced in it?
The best part is that Meghan and I now have some new words and phrases to work into our lingo:
1. “banana oil” this was used as opposed to “crap” or “dang it” and was quite spectacular. give it a try, it’s pretty funny.
2. “terrif” yes, this shortened version of terrific made many more appearances than it should have and seemed to be julie andrews favorite word.
So, while I don’t recommend seeing this over two hour long musical marathon, I do recommend incorporating the new words and phrases. So, have a terrif day!
