Haha...I made a honorable mention at the start, like a boss. This is MR and poetry. It is truly beautiful and it tells a story too. We aren't simpletons, that is what simple women call us. Check out some Men's Rights opera.

thetrollking · 2011-04-07T02:38:58+00:00

I happen to think this is one of the best. Posts. Evar. Not because I am mentioned. NO. It is because of it's simplicity and complexity. We have a timeless story, timeless as stragedy and comedy, and it is true...true like shakespeare. True like my ex girl friends. Simply true.

2011-04-07T02:57:06+00:00

Those who study history learn that all that happens has happened before.

2011-04-07T09:11:50+00:00

One "men's rights" opera he left out, which is really interesting: Porgy and Bess.

You all know "Summertime", the lullaby sung first time by Clara in the beginning of the opera to her baby (if you've only heard the jazz versions, seek out the original!). What happens next is that a bunch of men, including Clara's husband Jake, start playing craps. Jake says, "What, the child isn't asleep yet? Give him to me, I'll fix him for you." Then he sings his own lullaby to his son, a tirade that may sound pretty misogynistic, but not too far out of line from what many here could write:

Listen to your daddy warn you Before you start your travelling Woman may born you, love you and mourn you, but a woman is a sometime thing yes a woman is a sometime thing Yo mammy is the first to name you Then she'll tie you to her apron string Then she'll shame you and she'll blame you 'till your woman comes to claim you 'cause a woman is a sometime thing, yes a woman is a sometime thing Don't you never let a woman grieve you just cause she's got your wedding ring She'll love you and deceive you, take your clothes and leave you, cause a woman is a sometime thing yes, a woman is a sometime thing.

(Thing is, Jake is in fact a nice guy. He limits his recreational gambling, works hard for his wife and child, and offers a stranger a job on his boat.)

Can't sum up the opera, but absolutely recommend it. There's a lot of thought-provoking stuff about men and women in there - both good ones and bad ones.

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