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''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFP3x4bKpZE The Pirate Jenny]'' is a song by [[Bertolt Brecht]]. Several years after writing it, Brecht included the song in his 1928 play ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (where it's [[That Reminds Me of a Song|told]] either by Polly Peachum or by Jenny the whore, depending on the production). Because of its intentionally high [[Applicability]], activists and artists have used the story to convey a ''wide'' range of political ideas. The song has been constantly re-adapted since its first American performance in 1954, with its interpretation varying from anti-racism to symbolism for the atom bomb.
The story is about a young hotel maid named Jenny who dreams of
Interpretations of the poem tend to fall into two categories: the Jenny character is either a total angel who brings a much-needed social revolution, or a morally ambiguous [[Villain Protagonist]] whose actions should be sharply criticized. Some adaptations additionally show Jenny as a whore or a sex slave -- this is because the American version of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' combined the characters of the Pirate Jenny and Jenny the whore, played by Miss [[Lotte Lenya]] (pictured above).
It should be noted that [[Kurt Weill]] didn't write the music for this particular song: he only orchestrated Brecht's original melody.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', the plot is occasionally interrupted to show chapters from the pirate comic "The Black Freighter". Moore has said that the Jenny-story is meant to mirror both Rorschach's estrangement from humanity and Jon "marooning himself" on Mars, and most of all, {{spoiler|Ozymandias' destruction of New York}}.
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== Literature ==
* [[Bertolt Brecht]] re-used the song himself in ''[[
== Music ==
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