Confessions of a Dilettante
- October 27th, 2008
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I’m not a fan of musicals, much to the chagrin of my wife and her friends. But from time to time, there are those musicals that manage to elude my sarcastic criticisms and mockeries to the point where I have to admit I enjoyed them.
Avenue Q is one of those rare musicals that I actually like. Part of the attraction is of course the muppetry, but beyond the fuzzy hand puppets, this musical struck the chord of my arrested development.
Songs like “What Do You Do With a B.A. in English?” and “I Wish I Could Go Back to College” are like processional hymns for dilettantes like me who pine for pasts and futures while living the present in a paralysis of indecision caused by a lack of direction and self-confidence.