King Shlomo, Constant Change and the Mistaken Sarcasm of Urinetown - A Reflection on Shabbat Chol HaMoed
As a theater dad, I have spent many Sundays at shows over the life of my children. And while there were many shows that were familiar, the one that was least familiar, but most enjoyable was Urinetown. This hilarious social commentary about politics, power and life is one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. One of the greatest exchanges is after someone takes a glass of water and then she is told that “The glass of water's inside you,....because we are all rivers.” The ensemble then goes on sing operatically and sarcastically that we are all rivers. ‘You are the river, I am the river He is the river, she is too.” (To listen to this song, click here ) This song always made me laugh, but over the past few months, I have been thinking a lot about rivers. And maybe rivers are really inside of us. Way back in the summer, was our first allusion to a river. We mourned the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash we sang about rivers. (Psalms 137:1) א עַל נַהֲרוֹת, בָּבֶל--שׁ