How to Succeed (if you're a dude)

Last night I watched "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" for the first time. Man...what a show to watch in an election year in which we almost had our first woman presidential nominee and do have the first female Republican VP nominee. Ladies, if you're wondering just how far we've come in the workplace since the 1960s, have a listen to "A Secretary is Not a Toy" and watch the "Hard at Work" scene in which the ladies of the office spend all morning primping. Yeesh.

All that aside, it's a very fun show and a clever lampoon of Big Business that's scarily accurate today. Too bad there's only one female who sings in the "Brotherhood of Men" number - it's one of the best showtunes of all time.

Looking at the archives, it appears Sumter Players has never done "How to Succeed..." It might be cool to do it in an ironic, not-so-nostalgic way, kind of like the TV show Mad Men. What do you say, Sumter County? Should we bring it to the Rylander?