Musical Influence On Society Essay

When you go to see a musical, you expect all your going to see is just something for your entertainment. Which is true, but there are some musicals thought to have changed the way society sees things. Is it possible these musicals influenced the minds of their audiences? Or did the musicals just make them aware of certain situations happening around that time. I believe that the musicals did influence society and brought awareness to the important themes they were trying to portray.
Some of the themes the musicals were portraying were, racism, cross dressing, homophobia and gay rights, and sexually transmitted diseases. In history theses themes play a big part in our society. Racism of course because of the segregation between blacks, at the …show more content…
From the era of society I grew up in, I know this isn 't true, because it is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluids, which anyone, gay or straight, could obtain. The musicals i will be discussing go into these themes more to show people what 's actually going on.
The musical La Cage Aux Follies, the major themes are homophobia and cross dressing. The two main characters are George and Albin, George owns a drag nightclub called La Cage Aux Follies, and Albin is a drag queen and the star performer in the club. George has a son named Jean Michels, whose mother named Sybil was someone George had a short lived fling with. Jean comes in accouncing he wants to marry Annie Dindon and wishes for his father 's approval. George is reluctant but accepts it after his son convinces him he loves Annie. Normally this is a normal situation, but Annie’s parents are against homosexuality and her father is the head of the “Tradition, Family, and Morality party” and made it his goal to shut down Georges drag club. Annie is unaware of the situation because Jean lied told her that his dad is a retired diplomat. This causes the situation of her parents wanting to have diner