When a Broadway musical has an important message to deliver, you better get the hell out of the way. Because when stage glitz is weaponized for a good purpose, no one's prejudices are safe anymore.
It all kicks off with a brief look at a bio-musical,"Eleanor," that has just opened in NYC. The stars, Dee Dee Allen and Barry Glickman, are thrilled with their opener until the Times curb-stomps the show, closing it before they can order their first drinks at Sardi's. In a flash they get focused in the song"Changing Lives" as they trill their objective to alter the minds of those"fist-pumping, Bible-thumping, Spam-eating, cousin-humping, cow-tipping, shoulder-slumping, tea-bagging, Jesus-jumping losers and their in-bred wives." Soon they're off to the hinterland to rescue Emma from the clutches of Midwest bigotry and come off as heroes in the process.