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Announcing 'Who Took Johnny: The Musical'
from A Nuanced Man · #40
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9 minTim announces he and Ray are turning the child-trafficking documentary 'Who Took Johnny' into a stage musical at the Creek and the Cave, joking about raising awareness, casting, and how tasteless the concept is.
- 27:51Tim explains why he called Ray to pitch a musical project while Ray was in an Uber pool.
- 28:50Story needs young and old people interacting in interesting ways, like The Lion King.
- 29:21Tim and Ray decide to create "Who Took Johnny: The Musical."
- 29:47The musical will be about human trafficking and satanic pedophile cults, but with fun dance numbers and great costumes.
- 30:21They're most likely doing it at The Creek in the Cave in Long Island City.
- 30:57Tim acknowledges the project will look bad but argues they're raising awareness about child abduction.
- 31:44Tim's second cousin is an EGOT winner who wrote music for The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, and Frozen.
- 32:50"Let It Go" is one of the biggest songs in the last 50 years; even two-year-olds on YouTube sing it.
- 34:04Tim pitches to his second cousin: they want an hour of his time to advise on the musical and give guidance.
- 35:44Tim plays his second cousin and describes the project to him as a musical about investigations into local politics.
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