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Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?

JL;DR SUMMARY "Slam Frank" is an edgy musical satire that reimagines Anne Frank's story through the lens of identity politics. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustAnne FrankJewish HumorMusicalIdentity PoliticsTheaterLiberalismOppressionSatireWoke Culture

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New York, United States
"But at a sold-out performance late on a Tuesday, the audience was eating it up like theyd been starving for years."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Even today, there is a fully-serious Latinx production of The Diary of Anne Frank going up in Los Angeles, which the director said was meant to provoke discussion about immigration in the U.S."

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