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"Jerry Springer-The Opera" challenges British indecency laws. Read the full description.
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In 2004, Jerry Springer the Opera was birthed in London and became a hit on the West End. The foul-mouthed opera based on American's famous bull-pit television talk show so impressed the British stage that the BBC decided to broadcast it on television, incurring the wrath of a mobilized Christian movement. The dueling voices of the debate over Jerry Springer are played out in operatic fashion with help from the soundtrack of Jerry Springer The Opera.
