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''far and wide as you dare"'' }}
A 2000 Broadway [[The Musical|musical]] based on the works of [[Dr. Seuss]] with music, lyrics, and book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (of ''[[Schoolhouse Rock]]'' and ''[[Ragtime]]'' fame). It draws a lot of its plot from ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'' and ''Horton Hatches the Egg'' but also includes characters and elements of ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'', ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]'', and many other lesser-known works. Though its Broadway run was a notorious flop, it was drastically cleaned up and has become an extremely popular show with amateur/community theaters.
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The popular Mayzie has a very large tail. Gertrude goes to medical means to get a larger tail that ends up being really impractical and getting in her way.
** Not to mention she has to take pills and her tail gets LONGER [[Something Else Also Rises]] indeed
** Some think that the plight of the Who's, who are too small to represent themselves, is representative of a position on abortion (taking [[Word of God]] ('s wife) into account, this may be [[Misaimed Fandom]]), or of underrepresented labor workers. The idea itself could probably be fitted into any number of political agenda's, just as with the original [[Horton Hears a Who!]].
** Actually, they're the Japanese. Theodore Geisel (ie Dr Seuss) used to be a politcial cartoonist for PM during the war and made some terribly racist cartoons towards the Japanese. After the war, he went to Japan, made friends with some locals and had some [[Creator Backlash]] towards his previous work and wrote ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]!''. It serves as an allegory of Hiroshima and the post-war occupation.
* [[The Eleven O'Clock Number|Eleven O'clock Number:]] "The People Vs. Horton the Elephant".
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Exactly What It Says on the Tin:]] It's the works of [[Dr. Seuss]] as a [[Captain Obvious|musical]].
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