The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Gunshots
Rumor has it some (possibly brilliant) maniac is thinking about making a Broadway musical based on the Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force. I couldn’t say whether this is a good idea or not, but it might make for some fun music. What a job! “Here. Write lyrics to a Dirty Harry musical.” Um, OK?
They call him Dirty Harry!
He gives no sanctuary
He’s very very scary
To punks like Dick and Larry!
Go ahead, make his day.
Watch him blow you away.
Looks like you got a lotta spunk:
Are you feelin’ lucky punk?
They call him Dirty Harry!
You’d better be wary
He’ll bust your capillary
For bein’ contrary
He wears herringbone
and he’s gonna make you groan
As he puts you on the floor
With his Magnum 44.
OK, it’s a work in progress. But you have to start somewhere. I might spend more time on this later on the week.
Reihan would’ve sung it in a YouTube.
— Sanjay · Feb 3, 01:59 PM · #
To the tune of “Just the way you look tonight”
To-day
Facing down a gun
You must ask yourself
Bullets: none or one?
In my gun.
Do you feel the luck today?
— Gavin Weaire · Feb 3, 02:43 PM · #
Working title: Make My Day!
— Tony Comstock · Feb 3, 04:40 PM · #
Bear a few things in mind- “Magnum Force” was almost an apology for the original “Dirty Harry.” Seriously, the bad guys in “Magnum Force” are right-wing cops, and Harry becomes the hero by standing up for Miranda and die process!
Second, in the movie “Magnum Force,” it was subtly implied that the young vigilante cops were gay. How much you wanna but that all subtlety is lost in the musical, and that they’ll be blatantly, er, Log Cabin Republicans? I can see a VERY campy show being made from “Magnum Force”?
— astorian · Feb 3, 05:12 PM · #
“[D]ie process”: typo of the year?
— Craig · Feb 3, 07:04 PM · #