NEW YORK, NY — Just days before its planned premiere on Broadway, the troubled Fallujah: The Musical has received a further blow after the U.S. military announced it was cutting off all support for the production, Pentagon sources say, citing concerns over its appropriateness.
The show has already received several positive advance reviews, including from Al Jazeera, which described Fallujah as "a relentless and methodical assault on the senses." The New York Times had equally good things to say: "From the opening number, Drowning Pool's 'Bodies,' to the closing number, 'Anything Goes,' Fallujah is a nonstop series of contrasts between good taste and a bloody battle. Faced with the U.S. Marines, good taste never stood a chance."
But that didn't stop Phil Strub, head of the Department of Defense’s Film and Television Liaison Office, from suddenly cutting off military assistance.
"After a thorough review we now believe that a song and dance number, complete with a kickline made up of Al Qaeda terrorists, may not be the most appropriate venue to convey the horrors of sustained urban combat," Strub said in a written statement, referencing show-stopping finale of Act One, "Getting To Blow You Up."
