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'Jimmy Savile - The Musical' opens to mixed reviews



Despite mixed reviews, critics have praised the performance of actor Steve Vaughan, one saying that "his physicality perfectly captures Savile’s creepy decrepitude", helped by the "appallingly tacky" tracksuits and red-lensed glasses provided by costume designer Deborah Jenkins. They also admired the catchiness of the songs "Now then, now then", "Jingle jangle, jewellery jewellery" and "Come back to my dressing room after the show".


However, many also complained of the 'elephant in the room' the show glosses over - the fact that the 'much loved national treasure' turned out to be a massive pervert and serial abuser of women, children and even corpses.


'We did think about a more honest portrayal,' said producer Abe Greenbacks. 'It’s not like there’s no precedent for showing child abuse in a musical - they did it in "Tommy", after all.'


'But we just felt it limits the number of people who’d come to see the show, so I’d make less money," he concluded, before asking his PA to 'try and make that sound a bit less mercenary before you send it out.'


The show stands in a long line of sanitised accounts of appalling people, including "Bad" (about Michael Jackson), "Springtime for Hitler" and "Pol Pot on Ice".


ABBA holograms cleared of suspicion in Tupac murder case



Initially thought to be case of hologram on hologram violence, a man with three dimensions has now been arrested for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.


The case is shining a light on other musical crimes.


Shaggy's deceptively simple defence of 'it wasn't me' may need further corroboration given that his honey came in and caught him red handed. She caught him on the counter and saw him banging on the sofa. She even caught him on camera. Donald Trump's lawyers are watching closely.


After pleading guilty to shooting the sheriff, Eric Clapton must fight the charges of shooting the deputy from his jail cell. Again Donald Trump's lawyers are watching closely.


Meanwhile Justin Bieber has been sent to Guantanamo Bay for enhanced interrogation, because you can't sing when you're being waterboarded.




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