Tackling a Character Who’s a Real Character

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Tackling a Character Who's a Real Character

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/theater/26keit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By CHARLES McGRATH
01/26/2008

Richard Thomas, the composer of "Jerry Springer: The Opera," says that the libretto contains only 174 objectionable words, including "nipple." That tally may not account for certain expressions — all of them unprintable in this newspaper — that are repeated over and over, but is nevertheless considerably shy of the 8,000 swear words and obscenities claimed, Mr. Thomas says, by overexcited critics of the show during its run in London.