Friends, this can go one of two very different ways.

On the live TV musical front, the game is the same.

Because, wasn’t that the point?

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But the strange and exciting situation we now find ourselves in suggests otherwise.

Far from it, in fact.

They know thatRentfeatures a gender-queer character dying of AIDS, right?

And thatHairis famous for its act-one finale in which the entire company gets naked onstage?

These are shows that raise immediate flags upon their announcements over potential censorship, and understandably so.

And yet, they choseHair.

You don’t get to doRentand make it pleasant.Hairis not just hippie dress-up.

But their danger exists to make you think twice, about the good and the bad.